Crassula moschata
A mat-forming, hairless coastal succulent of the cool Southern Ocean, found in New Zealand, southern Chile and Argentina, the Falklands, Tasmania and many subantarctic islands. Creeping stems root at the nodes and can form mats several metres across, with tiny fleshy leaves and small, sweetly scented white or pink-tinged flowers. Unlike most Crassulas it is a plant of cold, damp, salt-sprayed shores, so it wants cool temperatures and constant moisture rather than heat and drought.
Where it grows wild
Strictly coastal, always within the reach of salt spray: wave-washed rock platforms, reefs, cliff faces, beachrock stacks, humic sandy soil on rocky shores, thin peaty soil over beach pebbles, damp peaty seepages and tidal creeks.
A shoreline plant, from sea level to the top of coastal cliffs; it does not grow inland.
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