Crassula aquatica
Water pygmyweed
Family CrassulaceaeAlso called Common pygmyweed, Pigmyweed
About
Crassula aquatica, water pygmyweed, is a tiny annual succulent of wet places such as salt marshes, vernal pools and estuary mud, and is often partly submerged.
Field notes
Morphology
Forms thin mats or small patches on mud and sand, standing more upright when exposed to air for longer. The plant ranges from yellow-green to bright red or purple, with pointed fleshy leaves only a few millimetres long. A single flower about 2 mm wide grows from each pair of leaves, followed by a minute follicle holding several seeds.
Distribution & habitat
Widespread across North America and Eurasia in salt marshes, vernal pools, wetlands and fresh to brackish water, as well as on muddy banks and in tidal estuaries.
Conservation
Listed as vulnerable in Newfoundland and Labrador. In Maryland it went unrecorded from 1950 until it was rediscovered in 2012.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Canada, United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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