Crassula natansvar.minus(Eckl . & Zeyh . ) G.D.Rowley
Helophytum natansvar.minus
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
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Crassula natansvar.minusis an one-year plant with recumbent filiform branches and sarcoid , green to pale reddish - brown leaves . It is often much - branched when growing on a marshy substratum . The branches can uprise up to 14 inches ( 35 curium ) foresighted and 0.2 inches ( 0.5 cm ) in diameter . The leaves are running to linear - elliptic , up to 0.3 inches ( 8 mm ) long in marsh plants or up to 0.6 inch ( 1.5 atomic number 96 ) in plants with float branch .
A individual white flower ( rarely 2 or 3 in marsh plant ) appear in the axils of the foliage - alike bract , usually between summer and light but may continue as long as moisture is useable .
Crassula natansvar.minusis aboriginal toSouth Africa(Western Cape ) .
This succulent is grown as an annual plant , so it has noUSDA hardiness zone .
ThisCrassulais endemic to the wetland of the Cape Fold arena of the Western Cape area of South Africa . It has become naturalized in WesternAustraliain winter besotted depressions and gully and lakes in the Great Southern , Wheatbelt , South West , and Peel regions . It is also found throughout southern South Australia , New South Wales , and Victoria .
It farm in damp soil , often in clay pans and in and around shallow stomach water of decameter and rock puddle . On moist stain , plants are often deep blood-red , tufted , less than 2.4 inches ( 6 centimetre ) tall , and with up to 3 blossom per node . When inundated , the float branches become up to 14 inches ( 35 cm ) long and are swollen at the floor where they digest linear leaves , while the floating leaf are oblanceolate and much encompassing and seldom bring about more than one flush per node . The float stem are picayune - biramous and may be unbranched in industrial plant growing in rock and roll pool without much organic matter .
pile up whole plants that are drying off , turning red - browned with ripe fruit spike . These will incorporate tiny brown seeds when rubbed with your fingers . Place the plants in a tray and leave them to dry for two week . Then lightly fray the industrial plant or with a rubber spile to dislodge the seeds . Use a sieve to separate the undesirable material . Be very measured , as the seeds are diminutive . lay in the seminal fluid with a desiccant , such as dried silica beadwork or dry rice , in an air - tight container in a cool and dry place .
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