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Spreading Crassula

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Scientific Name:Crassula decumbens (syn. Crassula macrantha)

Status:
Australian native.
Spreading Crassula plant
Spreading Crassula plant
Photo: A J Brown

Plant Description:
Erect or decumbent annual with many-branched stems from 3-10 cm long. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate (spear-shaped), often red-brown, 3-8 mm long and 1-2 mm wide.

Flower-heads contain 5-many flowers 1.5-2 mm long and white to cream in colour. Fruit is a follicle containing 4-12 seeds.

Habitat:
Widespread throughout Victoria, growing in moist places, including moderately saline flats.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, GippslandS0, S1, S2W1, W2, W3

Comments:
Other Crassula’s of moist and sometimes saline sites include, Austral Stonecrop (Crassula sieberiana) and Swamp Crassula (Crassula helmsii).

      Spreading Crassula photos

      Flower-heads of Spreading Crassula
      Flower-heads of Spreading Crassula
      Photo: A J Brown
      Plants of Spreading Crassula
      Plants of Spreading Crassula
      Photo: A J Brown

      Flowers at various stages for Spreading Crassula
      Flowers at various stages of Spreading Crassula
      Photo: A J Brown


      Stems and leaves of Spreading Crassula
      Stems and leaves of Spreading Crassula
      Photo: A J Brown

      Leaves and flowers of Spreading Crassula
      Leaves and flowers of Spreading Crassula
      Photo: A J Brown

      Spreading Crassula flowers
      Spreading Crassula flowers
      Photo: A J Brown

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