Scientific Name: Crassula sieberiana

Common Name: rock stonecrop

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Crassulaceae

Form Description: An erect succulent annual herb. Becomes much-branched and tufted after flowering.

Flowers: Pink, about 0.4cm across and with 4 petals, borne in dense clusters along the stem.

Fruit: Seed follicles usually with 2 seeds.

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Habitat Notes

Very abundant throughout the State on rocks, gravel and other dry places.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Rocky

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

General Notes

A tiny annual sometimes grown as a rockery plant. If planted in gravelly soil in a sunny position it can be induced to re-establish itself from seed each year.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Can be grown from seed but usually propagated by division.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually propagated by division.