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Crassula fallax

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Crassula

Family

Crassulaceae

Authority

Crassula fallax Friedrich

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

2006

Origin

South Africa

Reason for introduction

Horticultural.

Tolerances

Drought tolerant.

Life cycle and dispersal

Perennial succulent herb. Asexual spread through detachment of stems and leaves, and possibly by seed. Seed small, long-lived. Dispersed by wind, water and gravity.

Other information

Etymology

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

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