Crassula pellucida

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Crassula pellucida
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Crassula pellucida subsp. pellucida, growing on the eastern flank of Table Mountain
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula
Species:
C. pellucida
Binomial name
Crassula pellucida
L. (1753)
Synonyms [1]

Gomara pellucida(L.) P.V.Heath (1993)

Crassula pellucida is a creeping, succulent ground-cover, or low-growing, spreading succulent shrub. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Kenya and Angola to South Africa. [1]

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It is highly variable, tolerates shade, and several forms are popular in cultivation.

Description

Flower detail: C. pellucida subsp. pellucida Crassula pellucida kz02.jpg
Flower detail: C. pellucida subsp. pellucida

The small ovate-rounded leaves have barely visible stalks, or are sessile (leaf-base fixed around the stem, without any stalk). This feature helps to distinguish this species from the similar and closely related Crassula spathulata .

The leaves have faintly toothed margins. Small, pink-white, star-shaped flowers appear in Autumn or late Summer.

Subspecies and distribution

Subspecies brachypetala (left); and marginalis (right) Crassula pellucida forms - CT 7.jpg
Subspecies brachypetala (left); and marginalis (right)
A petite form of C.pellucida subps. marginalis, here cultivated as a ground-cover Crassula pellucida 5268 hunt10mar Gardenology.jpg
A petite form of C.pellucida subps. marginalis, here cultivated as a ground-cover

Four subspecies are accepted: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Crassula pellucida L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. Crassula pellucida subsp. brachypetala (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Toelken. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. Doreen Court (2000). Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. CRC Press. p. 100. ISBN   978-90-5809-323-3.
  4. Crassula pellucida subsp. spongiosa Toelken. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 23 September 2023.