Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Crassula namaquensis Schönland & Baker f. |
Habitat | dry rocks and screes |
Altitude | 1500-1800m |
Description | leaves sessile, 1-3cm, elliptic to oblong, densely adpressed hirsute, eciliate, grey-green, inflorescence thyrsus, flowers in terminal clusters, petals 3-5mm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Namibia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CRASSULACEAE
namaquensis comptonii (Hutch. & Pillans) Toelken, J. S. African Bot. 41(2): 112 (1975)
amaquensis lutea Schönland, Rec. Albany Mus. 1: 117 (1904)
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