Crassula tetragona
Sp. Pl. 1: 283. 1753,.
Plants terrestrial, perennial. Stems erect, green, moderately branched, 30–50 cm. Leaf-blades linear to triangular, 10–30 mm, apex mucronate. Inflorescences lax, flowers 2 per node. Pedicels 3–5 mm. Flowers 5-merous; sepals (erect), triangular, 1 mm, apex acute; petals narrowly triangular, 2–3 mm. Follicles erect, 6–10-seeded, ovoid; old follicles erect, boatshaped. Seeds not seen.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Disturbed sites
Elevation: 0-400 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Africa (South Africa)
Discussion
Crassula tetragona is naturalized in southern California.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscent +
dense +
not spurred +
laminar +
fleshy +
not circumscissile +
sessile +
opposite +
connate +
coiled +
not circumscissile +
straight +
oily +
scant +
free +
5-merous +
symmetric +
erect +
bisexual +
6-10-seeded +
erect +
ascending;erect +
absent +
true +
rounded +
submarginal +
anatropous +
absent +
whitish +
distinct +
4;5 +
triangular +
absent +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
distinct +
4;5 +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
brownish +
1;20 +
papillate +
ridged;ellipsoid;reniform +
connate +
4;5 +
triangular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
alike +
antipetalous +
branched +
green +
flowering +
erect +
succulent +
alike +
capitate +
4;5 +
absent +
distinct +
terminal +
4;5 +
2+ times shorter than ovary +
Crassula tetragona +
Crassula +
species +
1-seeded +
not conspicuous +
perennial +
terrestrial +
glabrous +
not viviparous +
succulent +
dehiscent +