Crassula pseudohemisphaerica

Crassula pseudohemisphaerica is a tiny succulent that grows a few decussate pairs of almost circular leaves overlapping on the ground. Slightly obtusely pointed at their tips, the leaves are pressed to the ground in a low-growing rosette or mound. Maroon to purple spots are scattered upon the blue-green to yellow-green leaf surfaces. The leaf margins are ciliate, i.e. they are adorned with tiny, creamy, hair-like, membranous structures. 

Some basal branching creates a few clustered centres or rosettes in mature plants, such as this one. A common Afrikaans name of miskoekie (dung patty) for this plant was encountered.

From each of the rosettes an erect flower stem produces tiny flowers in thyrse-shaped inflorescence, up to 20 cm in height. A few small opposite leaves are spaced along the lower part of the flower stem. The flowers are pale yellow, the inflorescences in picture already dry.

The species distribution is inland in the west of the country, from Vanrhynsdorp in the Western Cape northwards through Namaqualand to southern Namibia.

The habitat is shaded, stony and sandy spots in arid succulent Karoo and sparse scrub. The species is not considered threatened in habitat early in the twenty first century (Frandsen, 2017; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).