Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
Crassula tetragona
English: Miniature pine tree.
Region: Southern Africa.
Habitat: requires a reasonable amount of water; prefers full sun; resistant to frost.
Ecology: sensitive to mealy bug.
Use: ornamental, pine tree Bonsai.
Botany
Herb; succulent; to 1 m tall.
Root: rooting at internodes.
Stem: woody, decumbent, erect or spreads shrubless; brown bark.
Leaves: crossed pairs; green to dark green; apex sharply acute.
inflorescence: terminal .
Flowers: white; blooming in summer.
Chromosome number; varies, 2n=16, 32, 48.