Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Crassula alpestris Thunb. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 400-800m |
Description | stems woody, ramose, subglabrous, leaves connate, dense, carnose, acute, glabrous, cymes shortly pedicellate, few flowered, corymbose, flowers pedicellate, petals oblong |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CRASSULACEAE
alpestris massonii (Britten & Baker f.) Toelken, J. S. African Bot. 41(2): 93 (1975)
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