Crassula multicava cv. variegata ‘Variegated Fairy Crassula’

Crassula multicava cv. variegata

• low-growing succulent known for its colorful, patterned foliage.
• Family: Crassulaceae, Genus: Crassula.
• needs bright light, no harsh direct sun exposure.
• frost tender.
• flowers late winter to summer.
• specific epithet “multicava” means “with many holes” and refers to the many pore-like holes on the leaves, called “hydathodes“.
• original form is native to South Africa, occurring from Mpumalanga and KZN to Eastern Cape and Southern Cape.
• growing in forest margins, river and stream banks, as well as coastal and subtropical thickets, (original form)