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Crassula decumbens

In cultivation ex Makara.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 07/10/2009, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Mangaweka. Oct 2008.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Crassula decumbens close up of flowering plant, Te Rapa Rail yards, Hamilton.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 03/09/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Crassula decumbens plant growing in gravel, Te Rapa Rail yards, Hamilton.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 03/09/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Crassula decumbens plants colonising gravel within rail yards, Te Rapa Rail yards, Hamilton.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 03/09/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

Cape crassula

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Crassulaceae

Authority

Crassula decumbens Thunb.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1883

Origin

Southern Africa, temperate Australia

Other information

Etymology

crassula: From the Latin crassus ‘thick’, meaning ‘rather thick’

decumbens: From the Latin decumbere ‘to lie down, recline’, in botany refers to creeping plants with upright tips

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