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Crassula drummondii

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Identification
Unknown null [family UNKNOWN ] Verified by Not on sheet, Crassula drummondii (Torr. & A.Gray) Fedde [family CRASSULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Tillaea drummondii Torr. & A.Gray [family CRASSULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Tillaea drummondii
  • Unknown
  • Crassula drummondii

Flora

Entry for Crassula drummondii (Torrey & A. Gray) Fedde [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Crassula drummondii (Torrey & A. Gray) Fedde [family CRASSULACEAE], Just’s Bot. Jahresber., 31(1): 829. 1904,
Tillaea drummondii Torrey & A. Gray [family CRASSULACEAE], Fl. N. Amer., 1: 558. 1840
Treatment Author(s)
Reid V. Moran
Information
Plants terrestrial or subaquatic, annual. Stems decumbent or erect, greenish red in age, diffusely branched, to 10 cm. Leaf blades narrow-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm, apex obtuse. Inflorescences lax; flowers 1 per node. Pedicels 0.5–3 mm. Flowers 4-merous; sepals triangular-ovate, 0.4–0.6 mm, apex obtuse; petals ovate, 1.3–1.5 mm. Follicles ascending, 9–15-seeded, oblong; old follicles spreading, flat. Seeds oblong to ellipsoid, 0.2–0.4(–0.5) × 0.1–0.3 mm, prickly-papillate, dull, smooth.
Phenology
Flowering spring
Altitude range
0–50 m
Distribution
South America.USA Colo.USA Kans.USA S.C.USA Tex.
Discussion
M. Bywater and G. E. Wickens (1984) cited Crassula drummondii also from Arizona; I have referred their specimen (Spring Valley, near Sitgreave Mountain, Lemmon in 1884) to C. viridis (R. V. Moran 1992b).

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