''Crassula ericoides'' is a species of
succulent
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
plant in the
genus ''
Crassula'' native to
South Africa. Growing in the
fynbos
Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean clim ...
ecosystem of South Africa, ''C. ericoides'' somewhat resembles a
heather, growing into an upright shrub with bare lower stems and yellow flowers at the tips.
Subspecies
Crassula ericoides has two subspecies:
* ''Crassula ericoides subsp. ericoides''
* ''Crassula ericoides subsp. tortuosa''
''C. ericoides subsp. ericoides'' is more common, whereas ''subsp. tortuosa'' is a
prostrate shrub form that grows at higher elevations.
References
ericoides
Plants described in 1825
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