Crassula tomentosa var. tomentosa inflorescence tip

During the bud stage the inflorescence of Crassula tomentosa var. tomentosa still bears its otherwise spaced flower clusters up the stem close together.

The small stem-leaves are ciliate, i.e. notably longer hairs grow in rows on their margins than on the succulent blade-bodies (and on the sepals). A stem-leaf subtends every branch of a bud cluster. Buds by now show only yellow-green sepals in various sizes, depending on the development of the bud.

Flowering happens from late winter through spring to early summer. The photo was taken in September (Frandsen, 2017; Smith, et al, 2017; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).