Crassula columella
A dwarf columnar Crassula from the arid west coast of South Africa and southern Namibia, whose tightly stacked leaves form short cylinders. It grows slowly in spring and autumn and is dormant in summer, so it must be treated as a winter-rainfall succulent: bright light, cool growing season, and dry summers. Overwatering during the summer rest is the usual way it is lost.
Where it grows wild
The dry winter-rainfall region along the west coast of South Africa and into Namibia, where dwarf succulents typically grow in full sun among stones and in gravelly or quartz-strewn ground, with coastal fog adding some moisture.
No elevation data were found and there are no measured records; the region runs from near sea level inland to low hills.
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