Austral Stonecrop

Austral Stonecrop photos

Family Name: Stonecrop (Crassulaceae)

Scientific Name:

Crassula sieberiana

Other Common Names:

Sieber Crassula, Slender Crassula

Austral Stonecrop plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Australian native.

Plant Description:

Erect or decumbent perennial or sometimes annual with stems to 20 cm long and branched. Leaves narrow-lanceolate (spear-shaped), 4-10 mm long and 1-3 mm wide, often grey-green or sometimes reddish.

Flower-heads spike-like panicle, each head with 4-many flowers 1-2 mm long and pale yellow to red. Fruit a follicle containing two seeds.

Habitat:

Widespread throughout Victoria, growing in moist places, including moderately saline flats.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, Gippsland	S0, S1, S2	W1, W2, W3

Comments:

Other Crassula’s of moist and sometimes saline sites include, Speading Crassula (Crassula decumbens) and Swamp Crassula (Crassula helmsii).

Austral Stonecrop photos

Flowering branches of Austral Stonecrop Photo: A J Brown	Stem, leaves and flowers of Austral Stonecrop Photo: A J Brown
Stem, leaves and flowers of Austral Stonecrop Photo: A J Brown	Mature population of Austral Stonecrop Photo: A J Brown

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