Crassula moschata

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Crassula moschata
Crassula moschata drawn by Matilda Smith

Crassula moschata drawn by Matilda Smith

Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order : Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family : Thick-leaf family (Crassulaceae)
Subfamily : Crassuloideae
Genre : Thick leaf ( Crassula )
Type : Crassula moschata
Scientific name
Crassula moschata
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Crassula moschata is a species of thick leaf ( Crassula ) in the family of thick leaf plants (Crassulaceae).

description

Crassula moschata is an upright, reddish, one-year or possibly perennial , herbaceous plant up to 5 cm (rarely up to 15 centimeters) in length. The prostrate shoots have a diameter of up to 1 millimeter. The elliptical to obovate or spatulate leaves are 3.3 to 5 millimeters (rarely from 2.4 millimeters) long. There are often clear round, glandular points on the underside of the leaf.

A four-fold flower is formed per node . The flower stalk is 2 to 3 millimeters long. The triangular, blunt petals have a length of 1.5 to 1.7 millimeters and are 0.9 to 1 millimeter wide. The corolla is cup-like. The 2 to 2.3 millimeters long and 1 millimeter wide sepals are oblong lanceolate. They are longer than the petals. The elongated, rounded nectar flakes are 1 millimeter long and 0.5 millimeters wide. Two to four (rarely eight) seeds are formed per carpel . The elongated, ellipsoidal seeds are reddish brown, not ribbed, and tiny, wrinkled. They are 0.7 millimeters long and 0.35 to 0.44 millimeters in diameter.

Systematics and distribution

Crassula moschata is common in the south of Argentina , in the south of Chile , on several Antarctic islands , in Tasmania and in New Zealand in cracks in the rock just above the high water line.

The first description by Georg Forster was published in 1787. There are numerous synonyms .

proof

literature

  • Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld: Crassula moschata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 60-61 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ HR Toelken: The species of Crassula L. in Australia . In: Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden . Volume 3, Number 1, 1981, pp. 57-90.
  2. ^ Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis . Volume 9, 1789, pp. 26-27 ( online ).

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