Crassula undulata

Crassula undulata, commonly known as doily crassula, is a species of succulent plant that is native to South Africa.

Crassula undulata
Fynbos, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Genus:	Crassula
Species:	C. undulata
Binomial name
Crassula undulata Haw.
Synonyms
List Curtogyne undulata (Haw.) Haw. Rochea undulata (Haw.) Steud. Crassula albiflora Sims Crassula dejecta Jacq. Curtogyne albiflora (Sims) Eckl. & Zeyh. Curtogyne dejecta (Jacq.) DC. Curtogyne undata Haw. Curtogyne undosa Haw. Rochea albiflora (Sims) DC. Rochea dejecta (Jacq.) Steud. Rochea undosa (Haw.) Steud.

Description

Flowers

It is a perennial plant that is densely branched and bushy, about 400 mm high. The leaves are somewhat fleshy, frequently speckled with red hues. A line of rounded pearl-like hairs on the margins give leaves a silvery edge. There are also small hairs that point downwards on the immature stems that feature a silvery tinge. The leaves are opposite, and are thickly ordered in regular rows on the stems.

Inflorescences

The flowers are white that tend to be hinted with pink or red sepals, with red ovaries coloring the center of the flowers, and red anthers that turn golden. The flowers are sorted in cloaked clusters, jammed at the branches' ends, with nectar that exudes a distinguishing scent. The flowers become small capsules (fruit), each comprising many very small seeds.

Habitat

Crassula undulata grows on south or south-west facing slopes or in gorges, rock outcrops, ledges or rock crannies in the Riviersonderend Mountains adjacent to Stellenbosch in South Africa's Western Cape, which is northwards from the Cederberg mountains. The species is also present in Fynbos and the Succulent Karoo region.