Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Crassula barbata Thunb. |
Synonyms | Crassula lettyae Phillips |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1800m |
Description | basal leaves in rosettes, cuneate-flabellate, at apex long white barbate, floral stems scapose, below squamose, flowers in capitate cymes producing thyrsus |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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
barbata broomii (Schönland) Toelken, J. S. African Bot. 41(2): 97 (1975)
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