Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Crassula colorata (Nees) Ostenf.
Description
Small annual herb, not forming mats or clumps; stems simple, to 3 cm long, slender, ± erect, not rooting at nodes; branches few and mainly from the base. Lvs connate at base, 2.5–4 × 0.8–1.5 mm, lanceolate, elliptic- lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, flattened above, ± convex beneath; apex acuminate or apiculate. Fls in small cymose clusters in lf axils, 5-merous, apparently not star-like, 2–3 mm diam., sessile or subsessile at anthesis; pedicel to 2 mm long at fruiting. Calyx lobes c. 1.5 × 0.5 mm, lanceolate to ovate, long-acuminate. Petals c. 1.5 × 0.2 mm, lanceolate, probably reddish green with a red tip, aristate, ± = calyx. Scales not seen. Follicles with tuberculate appendages on outer surface towards base. Seed c. 0.4 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Phenology
Flowering: Sep.–Feb.
Bibliography
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Ogle, C.C.; Champion, P.D. 2004: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 2001–2003. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 797–814.
