Crassula deltoidea flowers

The flowers of Crassula deltoidea grow stalked at the tips of fleshy, purplish stems in branched inflorescences or panicles.

Flower colour is creamy white, the bases of the five petals red in the photo. The petals form a small cylindrical corolla, held at the base by five pale calyx lobes that are short and acutely pointed. Yellow or dark anthers protrude at the top from the corolla mouths. The flowers are about 5 mm long.

Some old, bare stems are visible below the leaves, thick and whitish with circular ridges around them (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; www.plantzafrica.com).