- Family: Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil.
- Genus: Crassula L.
Crassula sarmentosa Harv.
- Genus: Crassula L.
[FZ]
Crassulaceae, R. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- A sarmentose everywhere glabrous perennial.
- Morphology Stem
- Stem up to 1 m. or more long, trailing or climbing, simple or loosely branched, terete, reddish or with elongate whitish spots, leafless towards the base, sparsely leafy upwards; internodes up to 10 cm. long, longer to subequalling the leaves.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 2-4·5(6) x 1·2-2·5(3·5) cm., ovate to elliptic, acute to acuminate at the apex, serrate at the margin with the teeth narrowly white-cartilaginous, the lower-ones petiolate, the uppermost subsessile and with axillary fascicles of minute leaves, flat, slightly fleshy, shining, green, sometimes tinged with red mainly the teeth, spreading; petiole usually not longer than 4 mm. somewhat thick, slightly connate at the base with the opposite one.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 5-merous in terminal lax to ± dense paniculate inflorescences; peduncle terete, red; bracts lanceolate-linear, acute; pedicels 4-6 mm. long.
- Morphology General Buds
- Floral buds fusiform.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 1·75-2·5 mm. high, equalling 1/3-1/4 the length of the corolla; sepals c. 0·5 mm. wide at the base, lanceolate-linear, acute or obtusiuscule, entire, narrowly hyaline-margined, convex on the back, red or green.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla (4) 6-8 mm. long white or ± tinged with red; petals c. 1·5 mm. wide, lanceolate, ± attenuate towards the ± acute apex, smooth, not dorsally mucronate below the apex, spreading, connate for c. 0·5 mm. at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens with filaments 1·25-4·5 mm. long and suborbicular or lanceolate anthers 0·5-0·75 mm. long, at level of 1/3-1/2 of the corolla.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Follicles c. 3 mm. long, very attenuate into the styles; styles 1·5-2·5 mm. long; stigmas at level of 3/4 of corolla length.
Native to:
Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal
Introduced into:
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Zimbabwe
Crassula sarmentosa Harv. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 348 (1862)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Launert, E. (ed.) (1983). Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Launert, E. (ed.) (1983). Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora Zambesiaca
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