Scientific Name: Crassula decumbens var. decumbens
Common Name: spreading stonecrop
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Crassulaceae
Form Description: Small succulent annual herb often reddish, stem sometimes creeping at base.
Height (m): 0.02 – 0.06
Flowers: Numerous, on stalks 4-10mm long. Petals pale pink about as long as sepals (2-3mm).
Fruit: Seed follicles – in fruiting stage, carpels about as long as the calyx with a short beak and 6-12 seeds.
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Habitat Notes
Widespread and frequent in damp hollows in sandy heaths, pastures and roadsides.
Site Tolerance
Moist
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Can be grown from seed but usually propagated by division.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Cutting & Division Information
Usually propagated by division.