Flora Detail

Common Name White Crassula, Fragrant Crassula, Klipblom
Family Crassulaceae
Date Observed 20-09-2021
Category Succulents
Catalogue No. 6605RG
Flowering Time Spring,Summer
Colour White to Grey
Locations Observed
Estuary
Koppie
Nature Reserve Few,Many
Small Holding
Village
Greater Rooiels

Crassula fascicularis

Information

White Crassula, Fragrant Crassula, Klipblom

Low coastal and sandstone slopes. Pretty in gardens amongst rocks.

Erect, branched shrublet up to 40cm. Leaves fleshy, pointed, opposite, ascending, usually with recurved hairs on margins; flowers star-like, in subsessile flat-topped clusters, cream-coloured to yellow-green, sometimes with a pink tinge, petals 20-32mm long. Sweetly-scented in the evening.