Rock Garden Plants
Crassula alpestris Thunb.  
Home
Families
Genus
Territory
Habitat
Synonyms
Types
Galery
Info
FamilyCRASSULACEAE
Genus speciesCrassula alpestris Thunb. 
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude400-800m
Descriptionstems woody, ramose, subglabrous, leaves connate, dense, carnose, acute, glabrous, cymes shortly pedicellate, few flowered, corymbose, flowers pedicellate, petals oblong
Size5-15cm
Colorwhite, rose
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesucculent subshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C
cuttings in late summer
Territory Africa
     Southern Africa (Cape Provinces)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

CRASSULACEAE

Crassula alpestris Thunb., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6: 329, 336 (1778)

Synonyms:
Purgosea alpestris (Thunb.) G.Don
Tetraphyle alpestris (Thunb.) P.V.Heath

400-800m
=============================================================================
alpestris typica ined.

Cape Prov.
27 CPP

alpestris massonii (Britten & Baker f.) Toelken, J. S. African Bot. 41(2): 93 (1975)

Basionym:
Crassula massonii Britten & Baker f., J. Bot. 35: 485 (1897)

Synonyms:
Tetraphyle alpestris massonii (Britten & Baker f.) P.V.Heath

Crassula variabilis N.E.Br.

w. Cape Prov.
27 CPP

Version 9.0
(c) 1990-2021 RNDr. Pavel Slabý