Crassula capitella Thunb.
subsp. nodulosa (Schönland) Toelken

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c. 100 m from Rio Mevumodzi on South side, Chimanimani mountains

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Synonyms:	Crassula avasimontana Dinter Crassula capitella Thunb. subsp. enanthiophylla (Baker f.) Toelken Crassula elata N.E. Br. Crassula enanthiophylla Baker f. Crassula guchabensis Merxm. Crassula nodulosa Schönland var. longisepala R. Fern. Crassula nodulosa Schönland Crassula pectinata Conrath
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Status:	Native
Description:	Biennial or perennial succulent, up to 60 cm high, growing from a tuberous root and with a basal rosette of leaves up to 10 cm in diameter, most prominent when young. Plants are usually unbranched but may rarely form branches below the mid stem. Leaves along the stem smaller and more pointed than basal leaves, gradually decreasing and becoming bract-like towards the top. Stems and leaf margins ciliate with white or greyish papillae. Flowers in many-flowered clusters in the leaf axils. Corolla 5-lobed, 2.25-4 mm long, white or reddish.
Notes:	Young plants form a distinctive, dense basal rosette of broad succulent leaves before the stems appear. When known as Crassula nodulosa several varieties and even forms were described but latest thinking has combined them all under C. capitella subsp. nodulosa.
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:	In rocky areas in grassland and woodland.
Altitude range:	Up to 2200 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Possibly also in East Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 2 August 2016
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 29 - 31. under forma nodulosa and forma rhodesica Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 179. As Crassula nodulosa var. nodulosa Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 136. as C. nodulosa var. nodulosa forma rhodesica Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 37. As Crassula nodulosa var. longisepala Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 52. as Crassula nodulosa var. nodulosa Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 91. As Crassula nodulosa

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