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Crassula capensis (L.) Baill.
Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 3: 312 1871.
Family: CRASSULACEAE

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula capensis (L.) Baill.
Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 3: 312 1871.
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula capensis var. albertiniae (Schönland) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 99 1975
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Crassula capensis var. promontorii (Schönland & Baker f.) Toelken
J. S. African Bot. 41: 99 1975.
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Cape snowdrop
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): skaamblommetjie

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Crassula capensis group

  • Crassula capensis (L.) Baill.: has two pairs of broad, scarcely fleshy leaves with crenate margins are close to the ground, the open, star-shaped flowers are borne in a terminal umbel, the peduncle 20-70 mm long. Distribution. RSA, Western Cape near the coast from Clanwilliam to Caledon.
  • Crassula capensis var. albertiniae (Schönland) Toelken: it develops leaves at only after flowering and at soil-level, margin of leanves entire, slightly undulate when young, the peduncle is 30-150 mm long. Distribution. RSA, Western Cape from Caledon to Riversdale
  • Crassula capensis var. promontorii (Schönland & Baker f.) Toelken: develops leaves before flowering, the leaves borne up to 50 mm above ground level, the inflorescence lacks an unbranched peduncle; occurs in shade on the Distribution. RSA, Western Cape in the western side of Table Mountain and Flout Bay Mountains.

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