Crassula multicava
Ill. Hort. 9: misc. 40. 1862,.
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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
Introduced; Calif., Africa (South Africa)
Discussion
Crassula multicava is reported from Monterey and San Mateo counties.
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 +
4-merous +
symmetric +
erect +
bisexual +
12-20-seeded +
erect +
lanceoloid +
ascending;erect +
absent +
true +
rounded +
submarginal +
anatropous +
absent +
whitish +
distinct +
4;5 +
triangular +
absent +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
distinct +
4;5 +
Ill. Hort. +
1753 +
brownish +
1;20 +
papillate +
ellipsoid +
connate +
4;5 +
triangular +
alike +
antipetalous +
branched +
reddish green +
flowering +
succulent +
alike +
capitate +
4;5 +
absent +
distinct +
terminal +
4;5 +
2+ times shorter than ovary +
Crassula multicava +
Crassula +
species +
1-seeded +
not conspicuous +
perennial +
terrestrial +
glabrous +
not viviparous +
succulent +
dehiscent +