Doily crassula (Crassula dejecta)
Description
Crassula dejecta is a neat, densely branched, upright perennial shrublet, up to 16 inches (40 cm) tall. The leaves are slightly fleshy, often tinged red, with a row of rounded, bead-like hairs on the margins that give the leaves a silvery edge but which one needs a magnifying lens to see properly. There are also small downward-pointing hairs on the young branches that give the stems a silvery dusting and which one also needs a magnifying lens to see properly. The leaves are opposite, more or less the same length on the whole plant, and arranged densely in neat rows up the stems, giving a tidy, geometric effect. The flowers are white, sometimes tinged pink, with red sepals, red ovaries that color the center of the open flowers red, and red anthers that age to brown. The flowers are carried in flat to round-topped, tight clusters at the ends of the branches during midsummer and are honey-scented. The flowers develop into small capsules, each holding many tiny seeds.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Tracheophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Crassulaceae
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Genus: Crassula
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