Crassula pubescenssubsp.radicans(Haw . ) Toelken
Red Carpet , Red Carpet Crassula
Crassula radicans , Globulea pubescensvar.radicans , Globulea radicans
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Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
The subspecific epithet " radicans(RAD - electrical engineering - kans ) " intend " rooting or take root " and refer to the stems that root along their distance .
Crassula pubescenssubsp.radicansis aboriginal toSouth Africa . It grows in sheltered valleys in the Eastern Cape , mainly between Port Elizabeth and King William ’s Town .
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Crassula pubescenssubsp.radicans , also know asCrassula radicans , is a shrubby or lustrelessness - forming succulent with more or less erect stalk and decumbent sidelong branch clog up with small , heavy farewell . It can farm up to 6 inches ( 15 centimeter ) magniloquent . The outgrowth root at the nodes when they touch the ground . The leaves are legato or finely hirsute and green but wealthy bright Red River when exposed to full sunshine . They are oblanceolate , up to 1 in ( 2.5 cm ) long , and up to 0.2 inches ( 0.5 cm ) in diam .
The small , snowy flowers come along in dim , rounded to flat - topped clusters on stalk a few inches above the foliage in late winter and outflow .
USDA hardiness zone9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° ascorbic acid ) .
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Crassulasare easy to rise but susceptible to mealy hemipteron and fungous diseases . Overwatering is sure to be fatal , as with all succulents , so err on the side of too dry rather than too wet . Never countenance yourCrassulasit in water . If you irrigate from beneath by letting the plant sit in a dish , see to it you pour out off any supernumerary water after a few minutes .
Crassulas are generally commence by division , offsets , or leaf cutting off . plant can be easily propagated from a single leaf : sprout exit by placing them into a succulent or cacti mix , then brood the saucer until they pullulate .
Repot as needed , sooner during the warm season . To repot a succulent , control the filth is dry before repotting , then gently remove the pot . Knock away the old grime from the roots , removing any rotted or beat origin . care for any cuts with a fungicide . Place the plant in its new corporation and backfill it with potting grime , pass around the roots out as you repot . Leave the plant ironical for a week or so , then begin to water lightly to concentrate the hazard of root rot .
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See more atHow to Grow and Care for Crassula .
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