Crassula alata

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Family Crassulaceae

Taxonomy: Crassula alata (Viv.) A.Berger

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Crassula tillaea Lest.-Garl. (taxonomic synonym)
Crassula tripartita N.A.Wakef. (taxonomic synonym)
Tillaea alata Viv. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (7), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 32 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Standish_2019]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.65 mm (0.5-0.8 mm) [sources: SAH_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.03 mg (0.03-0.03 mg) [sources: Standish_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.05 m (0.05-0.05 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Standish_2019	7	7	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
SAH_2023	6	6	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SAH_2014	2	4	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.