Crassula tillaea Lester-Garland

Spice Detail In the field

Family: CRASSULACEAE

Genus: Crassula

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: Areas with shallow soils are often colonized by this species of the Crassulaceae family, and which have as a general trait the of being resistant to many hostile environments. This is a very small, annual plant, with erect stems covered with half mooned shaped leaves. Frequently, many individuals can be found grouped together forming a sort of a lawn that will turn red in colour, especially at the end of its growth cycle. Flowers are very small and barely visible and re located in the leaf axils. Flowers at the end of winter and during spring.