Crassula Colorata
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''Crassula colorata'', the dense pigmyweed or dense stonecrop, is an annual plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species is endemic to
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, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. The succulent annual herb typically grows to a height of . It produces green-red-yellow flowers between August and October. It is found amongst rocky outcrops, along road-sides and on low-lying areas where it grows in sandy-loamy soils over ironstone or granite. There are three known varieties of the species; * ''Crassula colorata'' var. ''acuminata'' (Reader) Toelken * ''Crassula colorata'' var. (Nees) Ostenf. var. ''colorata'' * ''Crassula colorata'' var. ''miriamiae'' (Ostenf.) Toelken


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colorata Flora of New South Wales Flora of South Australia Flora of Victoria (Australia) Eudicots of Western Australia Saxifragales of Australia Plants described in 1918 {{Australia-eudicot-stub