Distribution Map

Crassula vaginata subsp. vaginata

                   
                   
                                               
umchobozovithi
(Crassula spectabilis)
(Crassula vaginata)
(Crassula drakensbergensis)

Crassulaceae Crassuloideae  

As at April 2024, 45 herbarium specimens, 13 photo records, 9 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 spectabilis - Single-stemmed robust, erect, reaching 80 cm high, hairless throughout. Lowest leaves longest, reaching 40 cm long x 2 cm wide, strap-shaped, veined, higher gradually smaller. Inflorescence dome-shaped or flat-topped head, up to 15 cm diam, often less, much branched with innumerable small flowers. Sepals c 2 mm long. Petals c 4 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.