Crassula sarcocaulis
sarcocaulis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near summit Castle Beacon, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near summit Castle Beacon, Vumba
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| Status: | Native |
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Perennial subshrub, up to 1 m. Stems and old branches woody; younger branches reddish-brown and succulent. Leaves succulent, narrowly ovate or linear-elliptic. Flowers in terminal inflorescences, white, turning apricot-orange with age. Stamens with dark purple to black anthers. |
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| Habitat: | In shallow soil vegetation on rocks. |
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| Flowering time: | Jul |
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| FZ divisions: | MS |
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 20 - 21. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 37. |
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