Crassula perfoliata

Crassula perfoliata is the type species of the genus Crassula, in the succulent/flowering plant family Crassulaceae, where it is placed in the subfamily Crassuloideae. Formally described by Linnaeus in 1753 as one of 10 species of Crassula, the plant is endemic to Southern Africa, where it may be found in Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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Growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall by about as broad, this succulent, evergreen subshrub is known for its greyish-teal, sickle-shaped, thick foliage up to 90 x 28 mm, arranged in opposite rows, often with red markings, which emerges in a criss-cross or rosette formation, on an ever-lengthening, compact stem which may produce aerial roots and thus further spread the plant. The surface of the leaves is covered with dwarf, rounded papillae and the leaf margins are covered with very small teeth. The Latin specific epithet perfoliata means "with the leaves surrounding the stem". Inflorescences It has inflorescences of brilliant profusions of scarlet blossoms in the summer, unlike many other Crassula species which are winter-blooming. The flowers are densely arranged in a rounded inflorescence on a long peduncle up to 100 mm high. The bright red or pink color of the tubular flowers can also turn to almost white, they can be up to 7 mm long. The seeds are rather small.