Crassula alata
A tiny succulent annual, usually no more than 5 cm tall, from the Mediterranean basin. It germinates with the autumn rains, flowers white in spring and dies as the summer drought arrives. It has naturalised in sandy lawns, car parks and coastal ground in southern Australia and New Zealand. It is a curiosity for pots or troughs, grown from seed each year, rather than a long-lived collection plant.
Where it grows wild
Open, sunny, sandy or gravelly ground that is wet in winter and bone-dry in summer. In Western Australia it colonises sandy lawns and car parks, which shows it tolerates disturbance and needs little competition.
No elevation data was found. Naturalised records are from lowland and coastal areas.
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