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Crassula vaginata subsp. vaginata

Common names: yellow stonecrop, yellow crassula (Eng.), uphuncuka (isiXhosa), umdumbukane, umakhulefingqana (isiZulu), erekisienyane (Sesotho)

Family: Crassulaceae

... is one of the most diverse succulent genera in the Crassulaceae family, with 210 accepted species, including ...

14 / 11 / 2022 | Philile Khuzwayo | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Adromischus umbraticola

Common names: cliff adromischus (Eng); krans-brosplakkie (Afr)

Family: Crassulaceae

... in 1852 by Charles Antoine Lemaire. It belongs in the Crassulaceae (stonecrop family) and is a close relative of ...

18 / 07 / 2022 | Caroline Marima | Pretoria NBG

Crassula pellucida

Common names: trailing crassula (Eng.); rankplakkie (Afr.); inyamayamakhwenkwe (isiXhosa)

Family: Crassulaceae

13 / 06 / 2022 | Samuel Lekhetho | Free State NBG

Adromischus fallax

Common names: large cliff-adromischus (Eng.); groot-kransrosie, groot-kransnenta (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... Adromischus species. Helmut revised the southern African Crassulaceae in 1985 for the Flora of South Africa. ...

06 / 06 / 2022 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus humilis

Common names: dwarf cliff adromischus (Eng.); bontkransrosie, bontkransnenta (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... of Alwin Berger (Pilbeam et al. 1998). It belongs to the Crassulaceae family. With a few exceptions, all species of ...

30 / 05 / 2022 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula alba

Common names: grassland red crassula (Eng.); feko, khato (Sesotho); impakatha, isidwe, isikhelekhehlane (isiZulu)

Family: Crassulaceae

... rare in southern Africa. Crassula alba is a member of the Crassulaceae, also known as the stonecrop family, a ...

14 / 03 / 2022 | Philile Khuzwayo | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Crassula fusca

Common names: stone crop (Eng.)

Family: Crassulaceae

22 / 11 / 2021 | Kagiso Sharlene Mashego | National Herbarium Pretoria

Crassula capensis

Common names: Cape snowdrop (Eng.); skaamblommetjie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

07 / 06 / 2021 | Loretta Floors | Harold Porter NBG

Crassula cremnophila

Common names: cliff crassula (Eng.); kransrosie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... (presently Australian), revised the southern African Crassulaceae in 1985 (Toelken 1985). Crassula reaches their ... Crassula today consists of about 200 species. The family Crassulaceae has a world-wide distribution consisting of 35 ...

31 / 08 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cotyledon tanquana

Common names: Tanqua cotyledon (Eng.); tankwaplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... author in the Illustrated handbook of succulent plants (Crassulaceae) (Eggli 2003). Before 1978, all species of ...

17 / 08 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus triflorus

Common names: duck's foot, calico heart (Eng.); bontplakkie, eendevoet (Afr.) 

Family: Crassulaceae

... broad, flat or rounded. A. triflorus belongs to the family Crassulaceae, which contains a large number of ...

23 / 03 / 2020 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Adromischus maculatus

Common names: mottled pig's ears, calico hearts, chocolate heart, chocolate drop, cheetah heart (Eng.); bontplakkie (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... if kept dry. Adromischus is a genus of succulents from the Crassulaceae, the third largest family of succulent plants. ...

03 / 02 / 2020 | Katlego Selemela | Walter Sisulu NBG

Kalanchoe thyrsiflora

Common names: white lady, bird’s brandy (Eng.); geelplakkie, meelplakkie, plakkie, voëlbrandewyn (Afr.); serilile (Southern Sotho); utshwala benyoni (Zulu); utyw

Family: Crassulaceae

18 / 11 / 2019 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG