About Crassula sarmentosa Harv.
Crassula sarmentosa Harv. grows from tubers, and has an irregularly shaped stem base. Several long, trailing branches, which rarely branch and mostly emerge from the stem base, can reach up to 1 meter in length. This plant forms a mat, produces runners or stolons, and can grow climbing or hanging from rocks. Its evergreen leaves may or may not have a petiole; petioles are up to 15 mm long when present. The leaf blade ranges from elliptic to ovate in shape, typically ovate below the inflorescence and elliptic toward the base of the branches. Leaf tips are acute or acuminate, and blades taper more or less sharply toward the petiole. Leaf margins are either entire or serrate, flattened in the dorsiventral direction. Leaves are green or yellowish-green, and often have a red edge. A variegated variety of this species has leaves striped with green and cream. This drought-tolerant species is distributed along the east coast of South Africa, ranging from Knysna to central KwaZulu-Natal. It typically grows in rocky areas, ravines or canyons, and tolerates both full sun and part shade.
