Crassula brevifolia
Crassula brevifolia is a succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is native to the arid western edge of South Africa as well as southern Namibia.
Description
A small, branching, perennial shrub.It has distinctively short, thickly-succulent leaves, which are roughly triangular in cross-section but with slightly rounded angles.
It has flaking brown bark on its thin, woody stems.
Variation
This is a very variable species, with two subspecies and many regional forms.- subsp. brevifolia. The type subsp. grows on exposed quartzitic or granite outcrops, from Namibia to as far south as Vanrhynsdorp. It has papillate ovaries, and the leaves usually point upwards, between visible internodes.
- subsp. psammophila. A rarer subspecies that favours flatter sands or gravels near the Orange River in the Northern Cape Province.