Crassula exilis Harv.


Family	CRASSULACEAE
Genus species	Crassula exilis Harv.
Synonyms	Crassula petraea Schönland
Habitat	rocky slopes
Altitude	900-1100m
Description	stems scabrous, densely leafy, leaves at base connate, very thick and carnose, oblong, minutely scabrous pubescent, pedicels thin, pubescent, tipped with 3-5-flowered cymes
Size	3-10cm
Color	white
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	succulent subshrub
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
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 Crassula exilis Harv., Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 2: 347 (1862) ============================================================================= exilis typica ined. Synonyms: Crassula petraea Schönland n. Cape Prov. 27 CPP 900-1100m exilis picturata (Boom) G.D.Rowley, Crassula. A Grower‘s Guide 115 (2003) Basionym: Crassula picturata Boom, Succulenta (Netherlands) 1957: 41 (1957) Cape Prov. 27 CPP exilis schmidtii (Regel) G.D.Rowley, ibid. Basionym: Crassula schmidtii Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 602 (1886) Synoyms: Crassula impressa N.E.Br. Cape Prov. 27 CPP exilis sedifolia (N.E.Br.) Toelken, J. S. African Bot. 41(2): 104 (1975) Basionym: Crassula sedifolia N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., ser. 3. 32: 429 (1902) Cape Prov., s. Namibia 27 CPP NAM