Crassula rubricaulis is a much-branched perennial shrublet 300-500 mm tall, forming a rounded clump 0.5-1 m wide. The branches are woody and root at the nodes where they touch the ground. The leaves are thick and fleshy; a diagnostic feature of this species is that the leaves are at least 2 mm thick. They are sessile, and narrowly ovate with the broadest part furthest from the base, 10-35 mm long and 5-13 mm wide. The margins of the leaves are usually attractively coloured red. A very close look reveals that there are also fine hairs along the margins, although these wear off at the apices as the leaf ages.
Crassula rubricaulis is a much-branched perennial shrublet 300-500 mm tall, forming a rounded clump 0.5-1 m wide. The branches are woody and root at the nodes where they touch the ground. The leaves are thick and fleshy; a diagnostic feature of this species is that the leaves are at least 2 mm thick. They are sessile, and narrowly ovate with the broadest part furthest from the base, 10-35 mm long and 5-13 mm wide. The margins of the leaves are usually attractively coloured red. A very close look reveals that there are also fine hairs along the margins, although these wear off at the apices as the leaf ages.
Source: South African National Biodiversity Institute
Crassula rubricaulis is a much-branched perennial shrublet 300-500 mm tall, forming a rounded clump 0.5-1 m wide. The branches are woody and root at the nodes where they touch the ground. The leaves are thick and fleshy; a diagnostic feature of this species is that the leaves are at least 2 mm thick. They are sessile, and narrowly ovate with the broadest part furthest from the base, 10-35 mm long and 5-13 mm wide. The margins of the leaves are usually attractively coloured red. A very close look reveals that there are also fine hairs along the margins, although these wear off at the apices as the leaf ages.
Source: South African National Biodiversity Institute