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Crassula vaginata
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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| Synonyms: |
Crassula abyssinica sensu Britten p.p. non A. Rich. Crassula abyssinica A. Rich. var. mannii (Hook. f.) Engl Crassula abyssinica A. Rich. var. vaginata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Engl. Crassula abyssinica A. Rich. var. nyikensis Schönl. Crassula mannii Hook. f. Crassula retrorsa Hutch. Crassula schweinfurthii De Wild. Sedum vaginatum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect succulent perennial herb up to 80 cm, sometimes forming clumps. Leaves along the stem, succulent, linear-lanceolate, sheathing at the base. Flowers creamy-white, pinkish or rarely red, in terminal branched, flattened or hemispherical inflorescences; calyx with a blunt large papilla at the apex of the lobes, sometimes more papillae present on the margin. |
| Type location: |
South Africa, Cape Province |
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| Derivation of specific name: | vaginata, vaginate, sheathed, possessing a sheath, referring to the leaves. |
| Habitat: | In montane grasland, often among rocks. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 2250 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,Mc,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 133. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. As Crassula vaginata minuta Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 24 - 27. (Includes a picture). 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 38. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 73. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 91. |
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