Crassula pubescens subsp. pubescens inflorescence

    Crassula pubescens subsp. pubescens inflorescence
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Thabo Maphisa

    An inflorescence of Crassula pubescens subsp. pubescens is a compact, rounded but pointy cluster of many flowers. Dare one say shaped somewhat like a Corona virus? Omicron sounds like an expletive in our time.

    Several of these branched clusters are present, semi-differentiated in picture. They are sometimes well-spaced near the tip of the sturdy, pinkish and pubescent stem.   

    The oblong, blunt-tipped sepals, adhering but giving way to white petals in the midst of each bud, are green or purplish brown in picture. The petals are about twice as long as they are broad; from 2 mm to 3 mm long. Rounded petal tip protuberances are present on flowers of this species, visible on the bud (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; iNaturalist; Wikipedia).

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