Crassula tetragona subsp. robusta

Hutt Valley, north of Stokes Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 09/05/2006, 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>

Hutt Valley, north of Stokes Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 09/05/2006, 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>

Hutt Valley, north of Stokes Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 21/05/2006, 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>

Hutt Valley, north of Stokes Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 21/05/2006, 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>

Auckland. Dec 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Hutt Valley north of Stokes Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 13/05/2006, 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>

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Common names

miniature pine tree

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Cream, Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Crassulaceae

Authority

Crassula tetragona subsp. robusta (Toelken) Toelken

Ecology

Year naturalised

1959

Origin

South Africa

Other information

Etymology

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

tetragona: From the Greek tetragonum ‘tetragon’, refers to a four-angled part of the plant’s anatomy.

robusta: Sturdy

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