- Family: Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil.
- Genus: Crassula L.
Crassula maputensis R.Fern.
- Genus: Crassula L.
[FZ]
Crassulaceae, R. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- An annual (or also perennial), diffuse, somewhat fleshy, completely glabrous herb.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems up to 17(28) cm. long, procumbent, subdichotomously branched, rigid and sometimes subligneous towards the base, rooting at the lower nodes; branches up to 18 cm. long, prostrate, ascending or erect, slender, herbaceous and rather leafy towards the extremity; lower internodes up to 3-5 cm. long, the others successively shorter.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 0-6-2-5 x 0-15-0-7 cm., spathulate or oblong-spathulate to elliptic or oblong-elliptic, obtuse or nearly so at the apex, the narrowest ones nearly acute, entire, narrowing towards a subpetiolar base or rarely contracted below, slightly connate, flat, neither lineolate nor pellucid-punctate, dark green and membranous or nearly translucent on drying.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 5-merous, solitary and axillary usually all along the stem and branches; pedicels capillary, 7-40 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 1-25-2 mm. long, up to half as long as corolla; sepals oblong-linear, obtuse, slightly connate at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 3·5-4 mm. long, white; petals 1·5-2 mm. broad, oblong-elliptic or obovate, concave, suberect.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens more than half as long as corolla; filaments 2-2·25 mm. long; anthers c. 0·25 mm. long, yellow.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Follicles 2-2·5 mm. long, tapering into the c. 1 mm. long styles.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 0·3-0·4 mm., longitudinally lineolate-ribbed.
Native to:
Mozambique
Crassula maputensis R.Fern. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2.A, 52: 178 (1978)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Flora Zambesiaca
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