Crassula decumbens Thunb.

Small glabrous, annual herb, dense and much-branched but not forming mats; stems 2–7–(10) cm long, decumbent to erect, rooting at lowest nodes, especially in moist conditions. Lvs connate at base, decussate, 3–6 × 0.4–1.5 mm, 0.4–0.9 mm thick, linear-lanceolate, flattened, convex above and beneath, green or greenish brown, without hydathodes; apex subacute or acute. Infl. of 1-several, elongated, much-branched cymes; bracts leaflike. Fls 4-merous, several to many, not star-like, 3–4 mm diam.; pedicels c. 1–2 mm long at anthesis, at least some 5–10–(15) mm long at fruiting. Calyx 1.5–3.5 mm long; lobes lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate. Petals united at base, c. 1.3–2 × 0.7–1 mm, broadly ovate, white, often tinged pink, obtuse, usually slightly < or ± = calyx, occasionally slightly > calyx. Stamens 0.8–1.1 mm long, > carpels at anthesis. Scales 0.15–0.2 mm long, widely T-shaped or very broadly wing-like, dark red. Follicles with 4–10 seeds, smooth. Seed 0.3–0.4 × c. 0.15 mm, oblong, strongly papillate. Fruiting infl. lacking plantlets.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Sep.–Feb.