Crassula tillaea

Crassula tillaea is a succulent plant known by its common names mossy stonecrop[2] and moss pygmyweed. It is a small fleshy plant growing only a few centimeters in height. It is green when new and gradually turns orange and then deep red when mature. It has tiny triangular pointed leaves only a few millimeters long. A tiny flower or pair of flowers grows between each oppositely-arranged pair of leaves; the flowers are about two millimeters in length and width. The fruit is a minute follicle containing one or two seeds. This plant is native to Eurasia, particularly the Mediterranean Basin, but is known in other regions as an introduced species.

Mossy stonecrop
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula
Species:
C. tillaea
Binomial name
Crassula tillaea
Lester-Garland
Synonyms

Crassula mucosa
Tillaea mucosa

References
  1. Lansdown, R.V., Rhazi, L., Grillas, P., Rhazi, M. & Flanagan, D. 2013. Crassula tillaea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T164302A13542044. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T164302A13542044.en. Downloaded on 03 October 2018.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


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