Crassula rubricaulis
A small shrubby Crassula, 30–50 cm tall, with red-brown stems and fleshy egg-shaped leaves edged in bright red, from the rocky coastal mountains of South Africa's Western and Eastern Cape. It carries white star-shaped flowers in mid to late summer, and its brittle branches root where they touch the ground. Grow it like other Cape shrub crassulas: full sun, a gritty fast-draining mix and cool, fairly dry winters.
Where it grows wild
Rocky mountain shrubland (fynbos) of the southern Cape coastal ranges, from the Riviersonderend and Langeberg mountains east through the Knysna area to Port Elizabeth. It grows among rocks and shrubs in open, sunny positions.
No elevation range was found in the sources consulted; the few GBIF records that carry an elevation lie between about 300 and 850 m, consistent with lower mountain slopes.
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