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Purgosea barbata (Thunb.) Don
Gen. Hist. 3: 104 1834
Family: CRASSULACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Crassula barbata Thunb.
Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6: 329 1778

Purgosea barbata (Crassula barbata) Photo by: © Plantemania

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula barbata Thunb.
Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6: 329 1778
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula barbata subs. broomii (Schönland) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 97 1975
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Bearded-leaved Crassula
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Baardrosie
DANISH (Dansk): Skægget Krassula

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Crassula barbata group

  • Crassula barbata Thunb.: (subsp. barbata) has solitary rosettes with very long marginal cilia often clustered into groups. Distribution: Prince Albert along the Karoo mountains to the eastern Cedarberg.
  • Crassula barbata subs. broomii (Schönland) Toelken: has leaves are 30-40 mm long, 20-35 mm broad, with much shorter cilia (less than 1 mm). Distribution: recorded only from near Victoria West.

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Purgosea barbata (Crassula barbata) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
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Purgosea barbata (Crassula barbata) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

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Purgosea barbata (Crassula barbata) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
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Purgosea barbata (Crassula barbata) Photo by: © Plantemania

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Purgosea barbata (Crassula barbata) Photo by: © Plantemania
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