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Succulents Partly documented

Crassula pruinosa

A Linnaean Crassula from the winter-rainfall Cape Provinces, known from about 186 wild GBIF records. It is a small shrubby succulent of open, sunny rocky slopes. Grow it bright and cool, water it from autumn to spring and keep it drier in summer.

Crassula pruinosa
Photo: Jean-Michel Moullec from Vern sur Seiche (35, Bretagne), France, CC BY 2.0, 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A small, branching shrublet of rocky slopes and outcrops in fynbos and renosterveld in the south-western Cape; this is general knowledge of the plant, not confirmed from specimen notes during this pass.

Measured sites run from about 130 to 960 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.