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Crassula vaginata

Crassula vaginata is a widespread herbaceous perennial Crassula of African grasslands, from the Cape to Ethiopia and Cameroon, with sheathing leaf bases and a fleshy rootstock. It grows in summer and dies back to the rootstock in the dry winter, including in frosty high-mountain grassland.

Crassula vaginata
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Montane and highland grassland and rocky grassy slopes, growing among grasses in full sun.

Recorded at 762-3000 m, median 2075 m; the measured sites span 413-2843 m, mostly in the Drakensberg and Mpumalanga escarpment.

AngolaCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.