Crassula decumbens Thunb. APNI* Description: Erect or decumbent annual with stems 3–10 cm long, much-branched.
Leaves ± narrow-lanceolate, mostly 3–8 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, often red-brown; sessile.
Inflorescences elongate, thyrsoid; pedicels to 8 mm long in fruit. Flowers mainly 5-merous. Calyx lobes 1.5–2.5 mm long. Corolla white to cream, lobes 1.5–2 mm long. Carpel scales cuneate to T-shaped.
Follicles dehiscing by an apical pore; seeds 4–12.
Distribution and occurrence: Usually grows in moist places.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, NT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, SWP
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. S.A. W.A.
Text by J. Everett & E. H. Norris
Taxon concept:
| N.S.W. occurrences are: var. decumbens |
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