Crassula spathulata
Crassula spathulata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Crassula |
Species: | C. spathulata |
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Crassula spathulata Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Crassula spathulata (Spathula-leaf Crassula) is a creeping, succulent ground-cover, indigenous to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, where it is found in leaf-litter on rocky ridges, often around the edges of forests.
It is common as a ground-cover in cultivation, and several different cultivars are in circulation.
Description
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The small, ovate-rounded, spathula-shaped leaves have definite leaf-stalks (unlike the sessile leaves of Crassula pellucida). The base of each leaf is truncate or rounded (heart-shaped), and the leaves have rounded bumps along their edges.
The thin, prostrate stems of this species are sometimes square in cross-section.
Tiny pink-white, star-shaped flowers appear on branched flower stems in autumn.[1][2]
References
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