Distribution Map

Crassula globularioides subsp. argyrophylla

                   
                   

umchobozovithi
(Crassula argyrophylla)
(Crassula swaziensis)
(Crassula swaziensis subsp. swaziensis var. swaziensis forma swaziensis)
(Crassula swaziensis var. swaziensis forma swaziensis)

Crassulaceae Crassuloideae  

As at April 2024, 13 herbarium specimens, 26 photo records, 7 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Crassula argyrophylla - Perennial. Stems thick, horizontal, rooting below, dying away behind. Leaves basal, usually three or four pairs, fleshy, tapering to base, c 5 cm long x 1,5 cm wide, stalkless, widest above middle, rounded at tip, sometimes slightly pointed, more or less covered with short hairs usually directed backwards. Inflorescence axis up to c 10 cm high, almost bare, slightly branched at tip with few spherical flower-heads, c 1 cm diam; sepals hairy c 3 mm long; petals c 6 mm long, white.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.