Crassula nudicaulisL.
Naked - stalked Crassula
Crassula nudicaulisvar.nudicaulis , Globulea nudicaulis
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fellowship : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
Crassula nudicaulisis aboriginal toSouth AfricaandLesotho . It occurs from Holgatrivier to Cape Peninsula , Little Karoo to the Drakensberg , growing on exposed or sheltered gravelly slopes .
Crassula nudicaulisis a low - growingsucculentthat unremarkably form several basal rosettes of green or yellowish - greens to chocolate-brown leaves . It is more or less forked , with fleshy to slightly woody arm . The leaves are slender , tapering to a point , flat or slightly bulging at the upper surface , legato or somewhat hairy , and with or without marginal cilia . They can grow up to 3.2 inch ( 8 cm ) foresighted and 0.6 inches ( 1.5 curium ) astray . The old farewell rest attached to the branch .
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The flowers are cannular to almost cylindrical , cream - color in , seldom white , and seem in dense bunch forming elongated panicle , unremarkably in leap .
Crassula nudicaulisis variable , and several varieties exist . In addition , the type sort has legion physical body distributed under unlike names .
USDA hardiness zones9a to 11b : from 20 ° F ( −6.7 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
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Crassulas are easy to grow but susceptible tomealy bugsand fungal disease . Overwateringis sure to be fateful , as with all succulent , so err on the side of being too ironical rather than too wet . Never let your plant sit in water . If you water from below by allowing the plant to sit around in a discus , rain buckets off any excess water after a few minutes .
These succulents are generally start by partition , offsets , orleaf cuttings . Crassulas can be well circulate from a single folio . Sprout result by placing them into apotting mix for succulent , then covering the lulu until they spud .
Repot as need , sooner during the warm time of year . To repot yourCrassula , ensure the soil is dry before repotting , then lightly take away the slew . Knock away the honest-to-god filth from the roots , absent any rotten or dead root . Treat any snub with a antifungal agent . put the plant in its Modern pot and backfill it with pot soil , circularise the roots as you repot . Leave the industrial plant dry for a calendar week or so , then commence to water supply lightly to deoxidize the risk of root rot .
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