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Purple Stonecrop

Crassula atropurpurea

Also called Purple Crassula

Purple Stonecrop
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Native range
Namibia to Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Crassula atropurpurea (Purple Crassula) is a succulent plant, very common and widespread in the southern Karoo regions of South Africa and Namibia.

Where it grows

C. atropurpurea is very common and widely distributed in rocky areas across the western half of southern Africa.

Other Crassula plants

Three Parted Crassula · Grassland Red Crassula · Sand Coated Crassula · Crassula alstonii · Water pygmyweed · Jade Plant · Crassula ausensis · Beard Stonecrop · Bandaged Finger · Silver Stonecrop · Crassula brevifolia · Redspot Stonecrop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crassula atropurpurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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