Crassula albaForssk .
Crassula albavar.alba , Crassula rubicunda , Rochea dichotoma , Rochea vaginata
family unit : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
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The first verbal description of this species in 1775 was for a white - blossom plant , hence the specific name " alba(AL - ba ) , " meaning " livid . " Only later were blood-red and pink - flower industrial plant found .
Crassula albais native to easternAfrica . It grows in open deciduous timber fromEthiopiatoSouth Africa(Eastern Cape ) .
Crassula albais an attractive succulent with a tuberous root produce one or many erect flowering stems surrounded at the stand by obtuse rosulate leaves . It can originate up to 20 inch ( 50 cm ) tall , including efflorescence . The stem canker leave-taking are gig - form with a close to convey upper Earth’s surface , measure up to 6.8 inches ( 17 cm ) in distance and 0.6 inch ( 1.5 cm ) in width . They are dark-green to yellowish - jet , sometimes with imperial spot . The cauline leaves are similar to the basal ones but usually small .
The flowers are tubular , 5 - merous , white , greenish - white , or bright to deep Red River . They can grow up to 0.3 in ( 0.7 cm ) long and appear arranged in erect terminal flat - overstep thyrses with many dichasia from mid - summer to light .
USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° 100 ) .
genus Crassula are well-to-do to grow but susceptible to coarse-grained bugs and fungal diseases . Overwatering is sure to be fatal , as with all succulents , so err on the side of being too dry rather than too wet . Never allow your Crassula sit in water . If you water from to a lower place by letting the plant sit in a disk , pour off any excess weewee after a few minutes .
Crassula are by and large started by division , offset , or leaf cut . Plants can be easy propagate from a single leaf : sprout leave by place them into a succulent or cacti mix , then covering the dish until they sprout .
Repot as needed , preferably during the fond time of year . To repot a succulent , insure the territory is teetotal before repotting , then gently remove the pot . Knock away the old ground from the roots , hit any decayed or dead roots . process any cuts with a fungicide . invest the plant life in its fresh pot and backfill it with potting dirt , spreading the roots as you repot . Leave the plant dry for a calendar week or so , then get to water lightly to foreshorten the risk of root buncombe .
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