Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 283 (1753) subsp. robusta (Toelken)Toelken, Jl S. Afr. Bot. 41:122 (1975).

Synonymy: C robusta Toelken, Jl S. Afr. Bot. 38:79 (1972).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial shrubs usually 30-50 cm high, usually moderately branched; leaves linear-triangular, 1.5-4 X 0.3-0.6 cm, usually acute, scarcely constricted towards the base, curved upwards, slightly dorsiventrally constricted at the base but terete or almost so towards the apex, green to bluish-green.

Inflorescence a terminal rounded or flat-topped thyrse borne above the leaves; flowers 5-merous, almost sessile; calyx lobes triangular, c. 1 mm long, acute, fleshy, green; corolla campanulate, white or cream; lobes lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 mm long, acute, with a dorsal ridge and recurved at the apex; nectary scales transversely oblong, often slightly emarginate, scarcely constricted towards the base, slightly fleshy, yellow; ovaries ovoidconical, gradually constricted into short styles, with 8-10 ovules.

Follicles erect, smooth, dehiscing by a apical pore.

	Crassula tetragona
Image source: fig 226b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  Growing on dry exposed slopes.   Native of the eastern Cape, South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: early summer.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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