Crassula ciliata flowers

A dense mass of Crassula ciliata flowers grow in a shallowly domed thyrse. The youngest flowers in picture are nearly white to pale cream. As they mature, the five petals recurve more pronouncedly, the cream colour becoming a deeper shade or yellowish before fading to brown.

Five yellow anthers, or spent brown ones, are visible in some flower mouths in the photo. Blooming happens from late spring to midsummer.

C. fallax, a similar species, differs from C. ciliata in the greater length of its petals (Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iSpot).