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''Crassula pellucida'' is a creeping, succulent ground-cover, or low-growing, spreading succulent shrub, indigenous to
The small ovate-rounded leaves have barely visible stalks, or are sessile (leaf-base fixed around the stem, without any stalk). This feature helps to distinguish this species from the similar and closely related ''
** subsp. ''pellucida''. This nominate subspecies has soft, green, rounded leaves. It occurs in shaded, rocky forested areas of the southern Cape, from
South Africa
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It is highly variable, tolerates shade, and several forms are popular in cultivation.
Description
The small ovate-rounded leaves have barely visible stalks, or are sessile (leaf-base fixed around the stem, without any stalk). This feature helps to distinguish this species from the similar and closely related ''Crassula spathulata
''Crassula spathulata'' (Spathula-leaf Crassula) is a creeping, succulent ground-cover, indigenous to the Eastern Cape Province and southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the ...
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The leaves have faintly toothed margins. Small, pink-white, star-shaped flowers appear in Autumn or late Summer.
Subspecies and distribution
** subsp. ''pellucida''. This nominate subspecies has soft, green, rounded leaves. It occurs in shaded, rocky forested areas of the southern Cape, from Cape Town
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Etymology
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** subsp. ''brachypetala''. This variable subspecies has hairs at the leaf-bases, and can sometimes have more pointed lanceolate leaves. It occurs widely across the eastern (summer-rainfall) half of South Africa
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** subsp. ''marginalis''. This unique subspecies has fused, disc-like leaf-pairs, densely packed along its pendent stems (looking similar to '' C.rupestris'' or '' C.perforata''). It occurs in the far south-eastern Cape, from George to East London.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15481928 pellucida Flora of the Cape Provinces