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Crassula ausensis (Crassula ausensis)

Description

The dwarf plants are highly branched and form groups. The leaves are in a basal rosette . The reverse lanceolate to elliptical leaves are 15 to 35 millimeters long and 6 to 11 millimeters wide. The gray-green epidermis is covered with short outstretched hair. At the tips and at the edges the leaves are reddish colored. The inflorescence is formed from elongated thyrs with multiple globular dichasia . The pedicel can grow up to 80 millimeters long. The triangular, pointed sepalsbecome up to 3 millimeters long and are ciliolate on the edges. The petals form a tube up to 6 millimeters long and are white to off-white.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Crassulaceae

              • Genus: Crassula