Crassula tecta languid leanings

Crassula tecta in shade here is finding its flowerheads heavy. The reason is unknown, maybe seeking sun, or a heaviness in the head. In the flowering business one can never have enough.

The protective leaf papillae for which the species is known, are visible upon some leaf surfaces. The resemblance to reptile skin referred to in the akkedisvel common name is clear. Pale glimpses of green or turquoise colouring from the leaf surface escape from between the white papillae bodies.

Whitish ridges, conspicuous near the leaf tips, become yellowish brown in parts. They mark the divide between inner and outer leaf surfaces. Leaf size and shape vary much in a stem tip, the smallest pairs in the centre. Leaves are about 3 cm long and 1 cm wide.

A third young stem tip or rosette of leaves is starting off beside the two developed ones in picture (Euston-Brown and Kruger, 2023; Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; iNaturalist).