Freshwater
New Zealand Pygmyweed
Crassula helmsii
Crassulaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Australia and New Zealand.
Introduced to Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Tunisia, and United Kingdom.
More about the species
Description
Crassula helmsii, known as swamp stonecrop or New Zealand pigmyweed, is an aquatic or semiterrestrial species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. Originally found in Australia and New Zealand, it has been introduced around the world. In the United Kingdom, this plant is one of five introduced invasive aquatic plants that were banned from sale from April 2014, the first ban of its kind in the country. It is on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility's Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species of eleven countries.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Bulliarda recurva
- Tillaea helmsii
- Tillaea recurva
In other languages
- Sydfyrling
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