Sieber Crassula

Sieber Crassula

Sieber Crassula

Crassula sieberiana s.l.

Annual or perennial. Can form roots at leaf nodes, helping it to spread.

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Stonecrop
Identifying Characteristics

Small succulent herb with upright or spreading branches up to 15 cm tall and 20 cm wide. Leaves small and narrow, up to 11 mm long and 3.5 mm wide. Flowers tiny, cup-shaped, cream to red with 4 petals, clustered along spikes in axils of leaf-like bracts. Flowers October-June.
Distinctive Features

Succulent ankle height plant with green to grey-brown leaves.
Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Small or Prostrate Herb (SH)
EVC types
EVC 175: Grassy Woodland
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Crassulaceae
Genus
Crassula
Species
sieberiana s.l.
Sieber Crassula
Occurs in all states.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.