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Crassula exserta

A tiny succulent herb of southern Australia, found on seasonally wet sand flats, granite pavements and the edges of salt and freshwater flats. Like most native Australian Crassula it is treated as a short-lived annual: it grows through the cool wet winter and dies back to seed in the hot, dry summer.

Crassula exserta
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, 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 Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Seasonally wet sandy flats, granite pavements beside creeks, flood plains at the edge of samphire flats, and bare sandy loam in mallee woodland and heath.

Low elevations, 3–320 m, median about 95 m.

South AustraliaTasmaniaVictoriaWestern Australia

🔒 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.