Crassula perforata
Appearance
Crassula perforata | |
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Crassula perforata, with its characteristically elongated inflorescence. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Crassula |
Species: | C. perforata
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Binomial name | |
Crassula perforata Thunb. (1778)
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Crassula perforata is a succulent plant native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Description
[edit]C. perforata grows long, unbranched, rambling stems. It looks similar to its close relative, Crassula rupestris, but C. perforata has a long inflorescence, with many tiny cream flowers, and it flowers between November and April. (Crassula rupestris has a dense and rounded inflorescence that has leaf-like bracts at its base, and it flowers between June and October).
Distribution
[edit]C. perforata occurs in thicket vegetation and rocky slopes, from near Worcester in the west, to as far east as central KwaZulu-Natal.[1]
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- ^ "Crassula perforata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 November 2014.