Family Index

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Scientific Name

Crassula peduncularis

Family Name

CRASSULACEAE

Common Name

Purple Crassula

Status

Height

0.02m - 0.03m (2-3cm)

Flowers

Solitary, axillary, often only 1 to a pair of leaves, on slender stalks which elongate at fruiting.

Fruit

Seed follicles

Form

Succulent annual herb, stems very slender, ascending.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kentish; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Wet places

Habitat Notes

Local in wet places but readily overlooked. Recorded from Mt. Direction near Hobart.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poorly-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit; agroup of seed follicles with 10-12 seeds

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

May be grown from seed but readily propagated by division.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes