Crassula sarmentosa Harv.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Jevington rd, near Tony's Coffee Shop, Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Jevington rd, near Tony's Coffee Shop, Vumba.
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Frequency:
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Local |
Status:
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Probably introduced |
Description:
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Trailing or climbing perennial herb with stems up to 1 m long. Leaves succulent, ovate to elliptic; margin more or less serrate. Young stems and leaf margins sometimes tinged with reddish-purple. Inflorescences terminal, dense and branched. Flowers with long acuminate petals, white, often tinged with red. |
Notes:
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It is probably not native to Zimbabwe but was introduced from South Africa as a garden ornamental. |
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Habitat:
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On roadsides and in disturbed ground, often nr gardens |
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Zimbabwe distribution:
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C,E |
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Spot characters:
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Friday 7 October 2005 |
Literature:
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Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 18 - 19.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 37.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Crassula sarmentosa. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=125180, retrieved 3 December 2024
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