Species Crassula capensis
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Etymology of Crassula:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Etymology of capensis:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Scientific name:
Crassula capensis (L.) Baill.
Common names:
Cape Snowdrop
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Synonym status:
Tuberous geophyte,5--20 cm. Leaves opposite, in 2 or 3(4) pairs, the lower sub-petiolate, thin-textured, obovate to cuneate-suborbicular, crenate. Flowers in a pedunculate, subumbellate thyrse, star-shaped, white to pinkish, petals 3--8 mm long, squamae at least as broad as long. May--Nov. Damp slopes, NW, SW, AP, LB (Clanwilliam to Riversdale).
Observations of Taxon
Crassula capensis
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Crassula capensis
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/05/2021 - 1:07pm
Collection:
Crassula capensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Crassula capensis
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Name of observer:
Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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P1180237 Crassula capensis.jpg
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
17/07/2020 - 3:00pm
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