Flora of North America species comparison

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Crassula argentea

Crassula solieri

jade plant

little pygmy weed, smooth-seed pygmyweed
Habit Plants terrestrial, perennial. Plants aquatic or terrestrial, annual.
Stems

erect, silvery in age, moderately branched, 30–50 cm.

erect when stranded, reddish purple in age, somewhat branched, 2–10 cm.
Leaf

blades obovate, 20–70 mm, apex obtuse to retuse.

blades oblong to linear, 1–5 mm, apex obtuse.
Inflorescences

compact, flowers 2 per node.

lax;

flowers 1 per node.
Pedicels

8–12 mm.

0.5–6(–10) mm.
Flowers

4-merous;

sepals (erect), triangular, 0.5 mm, apex acute;

petals oblong-lanceolate, ca. 10 mm.

4-merous;

sepals triangular-ovate to lanceolate, 0.4–1 mm, apex rounded to obtuse;

petals lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm.
Seeds

not seen.

oblong-ellipsoid, 0.3–0.6 × 0.1–0.3 mm, not papillate, shiny, smooth.
Follicles

erect, seed number not known, ovoid;

old follicles erect, boat-shaped.

ascending, 6–14-seeded, obliquely lanceolate;

old follicles spreading, flat.

Crassula argentea

Crassula solieri
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun. Flowering spring.
Habitat Edges of lagoons, sand dunes, disturbed areas Vernal pools, shores of lakes and streams
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft) 0-2100 m (0-6900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; s Africa [Introduced in North America]
from FNA
CA; MT; NV; OR; TX; WY; Mexico (Baja California); South America (Chile)
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Discussion

Crassula argentea is reported from Los Angeles and San Diego counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Described from Chile, Crassula solieri was overlooked in North America, not distinguished from C. aquatica before it was recognized by M. Bywater and G. E. Wickens (1984).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 155. FNA vol. 8, p. 154.
Parent taxa Crassulaceae > Crassula Crassulaceae > Crassula
Sibling taxa
C. aquatica, C. colligata, C. connata, C. drummondii, C. longipes, C. multicava, C. solieri, C. tetragona, C. tillaea, C. viridis
C. aquatica, C. argentea, C. colligata, C. connata, C. drummondii, C. longipes, C. multicava, C. tetragona, C. tillaea, C. viridis
Synonyms Tillaea solieri
Name authority Thunberg: Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6: 329, 337. 1778 , (Gay) F. Meigen: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 239. (1893)
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