Crassula fascicularis flower fascicles

These stalkless Crassula fascicularis flowers were seen in September near Greyton. The buds still to open are pink-tipped, the inside of the open corollas cream on this plant. The five spreading and recurving petals may also be white or tinted green.

The leafy stems bearing the stem-tip inflorescences are reddish purple. The leaves are opposite, the decussate pairs sheathing the stems. Some leaves turn red near their bases. The leaf margins are white from the tiny fringes of recurved hairs that grow there (Smith, et al, 2017; Manning, 2009; iNaturalist; www.plantzafrica.com).