SERICEA var. SERICEA (engl./ fr.)
Synonyms :
Crassula klinghardtensis Schönland (1920)
Crassula suavis H.-C.Friedrich (1974)
Crassula hallii Adcock (1976)
Distribution : S Namibia, SA (Northern Cape); growing in rock crevices often under overhanging rocks.
Description by Tölken, 1985 :
Perennial with short erect branches up to 20 cm high, usually much branched, with old leaves not deciduous, internodes usually visible between leaves.
Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, rarely elliptic or ovate, (8-) 10 – 35 (-45) x (4-) 6 – 35 mm, rounded, rarely acute, usually dorsiventrally compressed, flat to slightly convex above, more or less convex below, densely covered with spreading or recurved hairs, grey-green to greyish brown and sometimes brown along margins.
Inflorescence usually with an elongated thyrse with several branches ending in dense dichasia, with peduncle 4 – 10 cm long and covered with spreading or recurved hairs.
Calyx : Sepals triangular, 1.5 – 2.5 mm long, usually rounded, covered with spreading sometimes recurved hairs and marginal cilia, fleshy, green.
Corolla tubular, fused basally for 0.7 – 1 mm, cream to pale yellow, rarely tinged pink, petals oblong-oblanceolate, 3 – 4 mm long, acute and with distinct dorsal appendage.
Stamens with brown anthers.
Squamae transversely oblong to square, 0.4 – 0.8 x 0.5 – 0.7 mm, truncate to slightly emarginate, somewhat constricted downwards, fleshy, yellow.
Flowering time : May – August
Cytology : 2n = 14
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Synonymes :
Crassula klinghardtensis Schönland (1920)
Crassula suavis H.-C.Friedrich (1974)
Crassula hallii Adcock (1976)
Distribution : Namibie du sud, Afrique du Sud (Cap-Nord) ; poussant dans les crevasses rocheuses, sous les rochers en surplomb.
Description (selon Tölken, 1985, et IHSP, 2003) :
Très ramifiée, formant des touffes rondes écartées, de 6 x 20 cm.
Feuilles (largement) obovales, oblancéolées à elliptiques, 10 – 25 x 10 – 25 mm, aplaties, dessus plat à convexe, dessous convexe, marge rougeâtre vers l'extrémité, densément couvertes de poils recourbés écartés, gris-vert à gris-marron, et parfois marron le long des marges, base cunée, extrémité obtuse à aiguë.
Inflorescences : Thyrses allongés, 4 – 10 cm avec peu ou plusieurs dichasia, pédoncule velu, violacé, 2 mm de diamètre à la base, bractées triangulaires, embrassantes, 2 mm.
Fleurs : Sépales triangulaires-lancéolés, 1 mm, corolle tubulaire, 4 x 2 mm, pétales 3 x 1,3 mm, oblongs-oblancéolés, ascendants-écartés, blancs, chacun avec appendice dorsal apparent, anthères marron.
Période de floraison dans l'habitat : Mai - août.
Cytologie : 2n = 14
Plants in the Richtersveld / Plantes dans le Richtersveld :