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Lizard's Tail


Lizard's Tail

Crassula muscosa

Scientific name

Sprawling, closely leafy perennial, 10-50cm, with small, closely overlapping, scale-like leaves in 4 ranks; bears clusters of small, star-shaped, yellowish flowers in the axils of the upper leaves, the petals 1-2mm long.

Crassula Family

Information sourced from 'Field Guide to Fynbos' by John Manning. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 2007.

References and further reading

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Image credit: Frank Vincentz

Important characteristics

Conservation status: Not Evaluated

This species was selected because it has various important characteristics.

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