Botanical name

Crassula thunbergiana subsp. thunbergiana

Family

Crassulaceae

Common Name

Stonecrop

Description

Sprawling annual with stems often rooting at the nodes, up to 8cm. Leaves opposite, semi-terete-lanceolate, papillate; flowers in sessile or subsessile axillary heads, cup-shaped, white; petals 1-1.5mm long.

After: Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), Swedish botanist who did extensive botanical exploration in southern Africa.

Habitat

Sandy flats and slopes, often coastal