Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Dry shrubland

Range

South Africa

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Armor

Status

Uncommon

About

This succulent grows in stacked, triangular leaves across rocky South African slopes. Its stems sprout tiny roots between leaves to absorb moisture directly from passing mountain fog.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Saxifragales

Family

Crassulaceae

Genus

Crassula

Species

Crassula perforata