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Crassula muscosa

Ferrymead, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 21/08/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ferrymead, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 21/08/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ferrymead, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 21/08/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ferrymead, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 21/08/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

On basalt stone wall, Auckland. Dec 2011.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

On basalt stone wall, Auckland. Dec 2011.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

lizard’s tail, rattail crassula

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Green

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Crassula muscosa L.

Endemic genus

No

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

2005

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Other information

Etymology

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

muscosa: Moss-like