Crassula lasiantha

A small, poorly documented Crassula of the Western Cape interior, known from only a couple of wild records in the mountains around the Breede River valley. It lives in a winter-rainfall climate with hot, dry summers and near-freezing winter nights, so it should be grown like other montane Cape crassulas: bright, cool and wet in winter, dry and airy in summer.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded from rocky mountain ground in the Western Cape interior; the one measured site sits at about 1180 m. Details of its microhabitat are not published in sources we could reach, so this follows the pattern of small Cape crassulas growing in rock crevices and shallow gravel among fynbos or renosterveld.

The measured site is at roughly 1180 m, about 280 m above the climate grid cell; temperatures were adjusted for that.

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🔒 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.