Crassula spathulata

Crassula spathulata is a sprawling or prostrate perennial that branches much and reaches heights to 60 cm.

The dense, thinly succulent plants grow like groundcovers and are semi-hardy and drought resistant. The soft, sometimes slightly square stems are green or variably reddish.

The species distribution is coastal in the Eastern Cape, spreading into the Western Cape as far as Mossel Bay, also into southern KwaZulu-Natal.

The habitat is rocky ridges, forest margins and scrub, often in leaflitter. The plants are usually found in semi-shade, turning somewhat red in full sunlight. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the twenty first century (Bond and Goldblatt; 1984; iNaturalist; http://pza.sanbi.org; http://redlist.sanbi.org).