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Botanical Name |
Crassula compacta |
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Crassulaceae |
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Dimensions |
Very small succulent with leaves closely stacked |
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Description of Stem |
Only visible in mature stage when one or more stems grow in the flowering stage |
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Description of Leaves |
Fleshy, sessile, ovate, opposite, slightly recurving; green with semi-randomly spread maroon dots, often pinkish towards the apex in older leaves; edge entire with a row of dots and a row of minute whitish stubble-like protuberances resembling millipede legs along the leaf edges |
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Description of flowers |
Dense terminal panicles of conspicuous flowers, white corolla on a five segmented green calyx, dark anthers |
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Description of seed/fruit |
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Description of roots |
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Variation |
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Propagation and Cultivation |
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Tolerances |
Survives on barren, rocky surfaces in minimal soil whilst also coping with phases of rainy inundation |
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Uses |
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Ecological rarity |
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Pests and Diseases |
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Other |
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Location |
Rocky crevices and outcrops in shallow pockets of soil |
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