''Crassula spathulata'' (Spathula-leaf Crassula) is a creeping, succulent ground-cover, indigenous to the
Eastern Cape Province
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The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in 199 ...
and southern
KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
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, where it is found in leaf-litter on rocky ridges, often around the edges of forests.
It is common as a ground-cover in cultivation, and several different cultivars are in circulation.
Description
The small, ovate-rounded, spathula-shaped leaves have definite leaf-stalks (unlike the sessile leaves of ''
Crassula pellucida'').
The base of each leaf is truncate or rounded (heart-shaped), and the leaves have rounded bumps along their edges.
The thin, prostrate stems of this species are sometimes square in cross-section.
Tiny pink-white, star-shaped flowers appear on branched flower stems in autumn.
''Crassula spathulata'' - PlantZAfrica.com
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References
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spathulata
Flora of the Cape Provinces