Scientific Name: Crassula helmsii
Common Name: swamp stonecrop
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Crassulaceae
Form Description: Aquatic or marsh plant with slender stems creeping or floating, rooting at nodes.
Flowers: White to pale pink, solitary in upper leaf axil, 0.3-0.4cm across.
Fruit: Seed follicles with 4-5 seeds.
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Habitat Notes
Widespread and frequent on the margins of swampy places.
Site Tolerance
Waterlogged
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained
General Notes
A perennial succulent which spreads fairly rapidly. Usually found growing in or alongside fresh water and roots in mud. Occasionally grown as an aquatic in ponds or dams or as a bog plant.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Can be grown from seed but usually propagated by division.
Seed Treatment Method
Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.
Cutting & Division Information
Propagate by division or by stem cuttings.