Crassula multicava

Lemaire

Ill. Hort. 9: misc. 40. 1862,.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 155. Mentioned on page 151.

Plants terrestrial, perennial. Stems erect or decumbent, reddish green in age, branched, 20–40 cm. Leaf-blades obovate to broadly elliptic, 20–50 mm, apex obtuse or emarginate. Inflorescences lax, flowers 2 per node. Pedicels 3–8 mm. Flowers 4-merous; sepals broadly triangular, 1–2 mm, apex acute; petals narrowly triangular, 3–4 mm. Follicles erect, 12–20-seeded, obliquely lanceoloid; old follicles not seen. Seeds ellipsoid, 0.3–0.4 mm, rarely formed, other characters not known.


Phenology: Flowering Feb.
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Elevation: 0-50 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Calif., Africa (South Africa)

Discussion

Crassula multicava is reported from Monterey and San Mateo counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Crassula multicava"
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acute +, emarginate +  and obtuse +
Reid V. Moran +
Lemaire +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
obovate +  and broadly elliptic +
lobed +  and toothed +
triangular +  and lanceolate or oblanceolate or linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
not circumscissile +
not circumscissile +
Calif. +  and Africa (South Africa) +
0-50 m +
lanceoloid +
ascending;erect +
Disturbed areas +
axillary +  and terminal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
semi-inferior +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
distinct +
recurved +  and spreading +
triangular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb. +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
spreading +  and erect +
papillate +
ellipsoid +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
triangular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
1 +  and many +
adnate +  and free +
antipetalous +
reddish green +
decumbent +  and erect +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
succulent +
distinct +
2+ times shorter than ovary +
Crassula multicava +
Crassula +
species +
not conspicuous +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +