Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Crassula flava L. |
Bibliography | Mant. Pl. 1: 60 (1767) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 20-500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves vaginate-connate, lanceolate or subulate, acute or acuminate, flat, erect, cartilagineous ciliate, cymes subsessile, petals spathulate |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white, pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Crassula bullata Haw. Crassula bullulata Haw. Crassula burmanniana (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Crassula burmanniana var. minor Schönland Curtogyne burmanniana Eckl. & Zeyh. Curtogyne flava (L.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Kalosanthes flava (L.) Sweet Larochea flava (L.) Haw. Rochea burmanniana (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. Rochea flava (L.) DC, Sedum flavum (L.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |