Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington in San Juan County; British Columbia to California, east to Arizona and Texas.
Habitat: Sandy areas, paths and roadsides.
Flowers: May-June
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Annual, terrestrial herbs, the stems erect, red in age, simple or bushy-branching, 2-6 cm. tall.
Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate to oblong, 1-3 mm. long, acute or rounded.
Flowers usually 2 per node in the leaf axils, on pedicles 0.2-6 mm. long; sepals usually 4, lanceolate, 0.5-2 mm. long, pointed; petals as many as sepals, spreading, whitish, triangular, 0.6-1 mm. long; stamens as many as sepals.
Follicles ascending, ovoid, 1-2 seeded.
Publication: Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 18a: 389. 1930.
Crassula erecta (Hook. & Arn.) A. Berger
Tillaea connata Ruiz & Pav.
Tillaea erecta Hook. & Arn.
Tillaea leptosepala Benth.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Crassula connata in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Crassula connata checklist entry
OregonFlora: Crassula connata information
E-Flora BC: Crassula connata atlas page
CalPhotos: Crassula connata photos
