Crassula natansThunb .
float Crassula , Floating Pigmyweed
Bulliarda capensis , Helophytum natans , Tillaea filiformis , Tillaea filiformisvar.parvula , Tillaea fluitansvar.intermedia , Tillaea fluitansvar.obovata , Tillaea reflexa
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family line : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
Crassula natansis a usually aquatic yearly or rarely rhizomatous decumbent perennial with branches that can be erect , decumbent , or float in the urine . The limb are slender and up to 14 inch ( 35 cm ) long . The branches are often multi - ramous when growing in a sloppy area . Leaves are green , oblanceolate to obovate , up to 0.3 inches ( 0.8 atomic number 96 ) long in marsh plants or up to 0.6 inches ( 1.5 cm ) long in floating plants .
Flowers are cup - shaped , white or pinkish , and appear mostly near ramification tips from summer to light .
Crassula natansis aboriginal toSouth AfricaandLesotho .
It is grown as an yearly plant , so it has noUSDA hardiness zone .
ThisCrassulais endemic to the wetlands of the Cape Fold area of the Western Cape part of South Africa . It has become naturalized in WesternAustralia , where it develop in smashed wintertime depressions and gullies and lakes in the Great Southern , Wheatbelt , South West , and Peel regions . It is also found throughout southerly South Australia , New South Wales , and Victoria .
It grows in dampish dirt , often in stiff pans and in and around shallow standing water of dekameter and sway syndicate . On moist soil , plants are often deep red , tufted , less than 2.4 inches ( 6 centimeter ) tall , and with up to 3 flowers per node . When inundated , the floating branches become up to 14 inches ( 35 centimetre ) long and are egotistical at the stand where they expect linear leave-taking , while the floating leaf are oblanceolate and much broader and rarely grow more than one flower per lymph gland . The floating stems are piffling - branched and may be unbranched in plant growing in rock and roll pool without much organic issue .
Collect whole plant dry off , turning red - dark-brown with ripe yield spike . These will contain bantam brown seeds when fret with your fingers . come in the plants in a tray and result them to dry out for two week . Then rub the plants gently by hired man or with a rubber spile to dislodge the seeds . Use a sieve to separate the undesirable material . Be very measured , as the come are flyspeck . Store the seeds with a desiccant , such as dried silica beads or dry rice , in an air - tight container in a coolheaded and dry place .
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