Distribution Map

Crassula alba var. alba

           
umchobozovithi
(Crassula rubicunda)

Crassulaceae Crassuloideae  

As at April 2024, 31 herbarium specimens, 1 photo record, 4 visual observations

South African Red List status: species LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula Malolotja
Cultural uses
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Crassula rubicunda - Perennial, branched only just above woody rootstock. Stems simple, often reddish, up to c 30 cm high. Leaves mostly basal, up to c 5 cm long x 1 cm wide, but very variable; stem-leaves in several pairs, gradually smaller. Stems, leaf-margin and sepal-margins fringed with short trans­parent hairs, otherwise hairless. Inflorescence much branched, somewhat flat-topped, up to c 5 cm diam, with numerous erect flowers. Sepals and petals erect, narrow, pointed; sepals c 4 mm long; petals c 6 mm long, red or crimson.

* 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.