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Succulents Partly documented

Crassula mollis

A small succulent Crassula of the southern Cape, common from the Little Karoo and Langeberg foothills east to the Port Elizabeth area, named for its soft leaves (mollis means soft); detailed descriptions are not readily available. It lives in a climate with rain spread through the year and mild temperatures, so it is an easy, bright, moderately watered succulent in cultivation.

Crassula mollis
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Records scatter through succulent Karoo, renosterveld and thicket margins of the southern Cape, typically on rocky slopes and stony ground in open vegetation. Details of microhabitat are thin in the available data.

Records carry few elevations; the localities suggest roughly 100–1000 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-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.