Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Crassula setulosa Harv. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. 2: 347 (1862) |
Native Range | s. Tropical Africa to s. Africa |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 200-3400m |
Description | young leaves in rosette, 6-20mm long, green, sharply acute, margins with short, hard hairs, flowers in spherical or flattened inflorescence |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Crassula bloubergensis Dyer Crassula impressa N.E.Br. Crassula scheppigiana Diels Crassula setulosa var. basutica Schönland Crassula setulosa var. lanceolata Schönland Crassula setulosa var ovata Schönland Crassula setulosa var. ramosa Schönland Crassula setulosa var. robusta Schönland |
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) |