Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Crassula sarcocaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 295 (1837) |
Native Range | Mozambique to South Africa and Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-2400m |
Description | stems carnose, leaves connate, dense, subulate-triangular or subterete, glabrous or scabrous, acute, cymes terminal, subsessile, few flowered, petals erect |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | pink, white |
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 | Creusa sarcocaulis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) P.V.Heath |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MLW Malawi, MOZ Mozambique, ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |