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Crassula peduncularis (Sm.) F.Meigen
Family Crassulaceae
Crassula peduncularis (Sm.) F.Meigen APNI*

Synonyms: Crassula purpurata (Hook.f.) Domin APNI*

Description: Decumbent annual with stems to 6 cm long, much branched.

Leaves narrow-lanceolate to linear, mostly 3–5 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, often red, apex mucronate or acuminate; sessile.

Flowers solitary and terminal but appearing axillary; pedicels 3–8 mm long in fruit. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx lobes 0.7–1 mm long. Corolla white or tinged red, spreading lobes c. 1.4 mm long. Carpel scales oblong.

Follicles splitting longitudinally; seeds 10–14.


Distribution and occurrence: Grows in rarely flooded but marshy areas.
NSW subdivisions: CC, NT, ST, NWS, SWS, SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by J. Everett & E. H. Norris
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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