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Crassula muscosa Thunb.

  • Common Name: Clubmoss Crassula
  • Family: Crassulaceae DC.

  • Country of Origin: Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
  • Habitat: present in most Karoo areas, Namaqualand and Namibia

  • Description: Subgenus Disporocarpa
    Section Heliophytum

    [syn. Crassula lycopodioides Lam.]

    Slender, irregularly branched stems to 30 cm high; small leaves closely arranged in rows; small yellowish-white flowers.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502491
  • Source: NYBG
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2204 - XER:Namib / Karoo A
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-03-2013

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Crassulaceae
  • SubFamily: Crassuloideae
  • Tribe:
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References:

Succulents, The Illustrated Dictionary, Sajeva & Costanzo, 1994 Court, Doreen, Succulent flora of Southern Africa, A.A. Balkema, 1981

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