Crassula capensis

Cape snowdrop

A small tuberous Crassula of the southwestern Cape, known as the Cape snowdrop for its white winter–spring flowers. It grows through the cool, wet winter and dies back to its tuber for the hot, dry summer.

Crassula capensis — Photo: Peter Baker from Cape Town, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Widespread in the southwestern Cape from Cape Town to the Overberg, typically in damp, sheltered places such as rock crevices and shaded slopes. It is a geophyte that resprouts from an underground tuber each autumn.

GBIF records span sea level to about 700 m, with a median of 180 m.

Cape Provinces

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.