Crassula argentea |
Crassula viridis |
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jade plant |
pricklyseed pygmyweed |
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Habit | Plants terrestrial, perennial. | Plants aquatic, annual. |
Stems | erect, silvery in age, moderately branched, 30–50 cm. |
decumbent, dark yellowish in age, branched, 5–7 cm. |
Leaf | blades obovate, 20–70 mm, apex obtuse to retuse. |
blades linear, 3–12 mm, apex narrowly acute or attenuate. |
Inflorescences | compact, flowers 2 per node. |
lax; flowers 1 per node. |
Pedicels | 8–12 mm. |
0.5–6 mm. |
Flowers | 4-merous; sepals (erect), triangular, 0.5 mm, apex acute; petals oblong-lanceolate, ca. 10 mm. |
4-merous; sepals triangular-ovate, 0.7–0.8 mm, apex obtuse; petals triangular, 1.3 mm. |
Seeds | not seen. |
oblong to narrowly reniform, 0.4–0.6 × 0.1–0.3 mm, papillate, dull, rugose. |
Follicles | erect, seed number not known, ovoid; old follicles erect, boat-shaped. |
ascending, 6–12-seeded, obliquely sublanceolate; old follicles spreading, flat. |
Crassula argentea |
Crassula viridis |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Edges of lagoons, sand dunes, disturbed areas | Terrestrial or aquatic, margins of pools and streams |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 2100-2500 m (6900-8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; s Africa [Introduced in North America] |
AZ; ID; Mexico; South America (Brazil) |
Discussion | Crassula argentea is reported from Los Angeles and San Diego counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Crassula viridis occurs in the flora area on the Mogollon Rim of Arizona and near Priest River in Conner County, Idaho. (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 |
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Synonyms | Tillaea viridis | |
Name authority | Thunberg: Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6: 329, 337. 1778 , | (S. Watson) Fedde: Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 31(1): 829. (1904) |
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