img

Crassula multicava

Lem. (1861)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Saxifragales Family: Crassulaceae Genus: Crassula

fairy crassula, pitted crassula

img

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Plants terrestrial, perennial.

Stems: Stems erect or decumbent, reddish green in age, branched, 20–40 cm.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades obovate to broadly elliptic, 20–50 mm. Apex obtuse or emarginate. Margins entire. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences lax, flowers 2 per node. pedicels 3–8 mm. Flowers bisexual (perfect), minute, axillary, erect, 4-merous. Calyx of 4 sepals; sepals broadly triangular, 1–2 mm, apex acute. Corolla of 4 petals; petals narrowly triangular, 3–4 mm. Stamens 4; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Follicles erect; 12–20–seeded; obliquely lanceoloid; old follicles not seen. Seeds ellipsoid; 0.3–0.4 mm; rarely formed; other characters not known.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Disturbed areas.

Elevation Range: 0–50 m.

Historical Distribution

Images

img

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Ill. Hort. 9(Misc.): 40 (1861)

Other References

Lorence et al. 1995:33 (NEWNAT/K, DESCR); Staples & Herbst 2005:255 (DESCR); Lau & Frohlich 2012:13 (O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Crassula multicava Kau District; Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea Military camp Growing at foundation of cafeteria bldg. on KMC grounds. Preserved_Specimen Staples, G.W. 535 Hawaii BISH 1990-01-09
2 Crassula multicava Palehua Road Primary groundcover in Eucalyptus forest. Preserved_Specimen Beachy, J. 134 Oahu BISH 2009-03-16
3 Crassula multicava Honolulu, 2436 Burbank St Growing in Mrs. J.L. Robertson's garden. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1940-04-02
4 Crassula multicava Waimea District Kokee, off HWY 550 / Waimea cNayon Drive to Mohihi Ridge road, just off of Mohihi to South before turn off to Mahanaloa Ridge road. Grassy pull-off stop. Diverse mesic A. Koa and Metrosideros Forest Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Melicope Barbigera, Pleomeles, Antidesma, Zanthyoxylum, Kadua affinis, Carex, weedy grasses Preserved_Specimen Tangalin, N. 3164 Kauai BISH 2012-05-01
5 Crassula multicava Waimea District, Waimea Canyon State Park Cultivated around cabin near turnoff for Boy Scout Camp. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 5535 Kauai BISH 1994-03-28
6 Crassula multicava Waimea District. Kokee, cabin sites just north of Camp Hale Koa. Naturalized along roadsides and around cabins; forming a dense carpet in almost full shade of Eucalyptus trees in disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Brock, K. 966 Kauai BISH 2017-03-15
7 Crassula multicava Koloa District, Kalaheo; 3581 Kaloke Street, Growing in yard of residence. Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 7436 Kauai BISH 1993-12-30
8 Crassula multicava North Kona at Koloko Dr Growing in the shaded understory of M. polymorpha on a vacant lot. Several scattered populations, each about a foot in diameter. Ass.. Veg: Persicaria capitata and moss. Preserved_Specimen Murphy, M. 254 Hawaii BISH 2023-07-03
9 Crassula multicava East Maui, Makawao District, Pu'u Mahoe Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 31501 Maui BISH 2015-03-06
10 Crassula multicava Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Coker, A.H. Oahu BISH 1957-04-03
Back to Top