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Crassula aquatica
Also called Pigmyweed, River Leek, Wrinkle Seed Pygmyweed, Aquatic Pygmyweed, Common Pygmyweed
Water pygmyweed is a tiny annual succulent that forms thin mats on wet mud and sand in salt marshes, vernal pools and estuaries. It is a wetland specialist rather than a garden plant, and it needs periodic flooding and exposure to grow well.
Crassula aquatica is a succulent plant known by the common names water pygmyweed, common pygmyweed and just pigmyweed. It is an annual plant of salt marshes, vernal pools, wetlands, and other fresh to brackish water bodies. It is at least partially aquatic, living in areas which are submersed much of the time. It also lives along muddy banks and in tidally-active areas of estuaries.
This plant is widespread across North America and Eurasia. It is an annual plant of salt marshes, vernal pools, wetlands, and other fresh to brackish water bodies. It is at least partially aquatic, living in areas which are submersed much of the time. It also lives along muddy banks and in tidally-active areas of estuaries.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crassula aquatica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
