Flora of New Zealand Series

T. muscosa? Forst. f. Prodr. 1786, 11 non L. Sp. Pl. 1753, 129.

T. verticillaris DC. Prodr. 3, 1828, 382.

Crassula sieberiana (Schult.) Druce in Rep. bot. (Soc.) Exch. Cl. Manchr. for 1916, 1917, 485.

Small erect or spreading succulent herb up to 15 cm. tall; stems us. reddish, succulent, ± stiff; branches with internodes up to 1 cm., us. provided with short branchlets densely clad in lvs. Lvs ± 3 mm. long, fleshy, ovate to narrow-oblong, subacute to acute. Fls very minute, us. clustered in axils of lvs; peduncles very short at anthesis, us. elongate in fr. Calyx with deeply cut ovate-lanceolate acute to acuminate lobes; petals < calyx, narrow-ovate to linear, acute. Scales 0. Carpels narrow ellipsoid; styles short, slender. Seeds 2-(1)-(0).

DIST.: Three Kings, N., S. Lowland to montane rock-clefts, dry grassland and open ground throughout.

FL.- FT. 9-1. Generally an annual, but occ. biennial. Also in Australia and Tasmania.