''Crassula colligata'' is a herb in the family

Crassulaceae The Crassulaceae (, from Latin ''crassus'', thick), also known as the crassulas, the stonecrops or the orpine family, are a diverse Family (biology), family of dicotyledon angiosperms primarily characterized by succulent leaves and a form of phot ...

that is native to southern

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and

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. The populations native to Australia are recognized as ''Crassula colligata'' subsp. ''lamprosperma'', and those native to New Zealand are recognized as ''Crassula colligata'' subsp. ''colligata''. The annual herb has an erect habit and typically grows to a height of . In Western Australia, the species is commonly found on cliffs, scarps, in gullies, behind dunes and near salt lakes along the south coast in the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions. ''Crassula colligata'' subsp. ''lamprosperma'' has an introduced range in

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, where it was first collected in 2002 in the

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, at the mouth of San Gabriel Canyon.https://cch2.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1553613&clid=0

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15480750 colligata Plants described in 2002 Eudicots of Western Australia Saxifragales of Australia