Botanical name

Crassula setulosa var. setulosa forma setulosa

Other names

Crassulaceae

Dimensions

Very small succulent with opposite leaves

Description of stem

Only visible in mature stage when one or more stems have grown; succulent, straight

Description of leaves

Fleshy, sessile, ovate, opposite, slightly recurving; green with semi-randomly spread maroon dots, often pinkish towards the apex in older leaves; edge entire with a row of dots and a row of minute whitish stubble-like protuberances resembling millipede legs along the leaf edges

Description of flowers

Dense terminal panicles of conspicuous flowers, white corolla on a five segmented green calyx, dark anthers

Description of seed/fruit

Description of roots

Variation

Propagation and Cultivation

Tolerances

Survives on barren, rocky surfaces in minimal soil whilst also coping with phases of  rainy inundation

Uses

Ecological rarity

Pests and diseases

Other

Location

Rocky crevices and outcrops in shallow pockets of soil

Distribution

Magaliesberg, Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga; KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape

Country

South Africa