Crassula spathulata (Spathula-leaf Crassula) is a creeping, succulent ground-cover, indigenous to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, where it is found in leaf-litter on rocky ridges, often around the edges of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Crassula |
| Species: | C. spathulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassula spathulata Eckl. & Zeyh.
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It is common as a ground-cover in cultivation, and several different cultivars are in circulation.
Description
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The small, ovate-rounded, spathula-shaped leaves have definite leaf-stalks (unlike the sessile leaves of Crassula pellucida). The base of each leaf is truncate or rounded (heart-shaped), and the leaves have rounded bumps along their edges.
The thin, prostrate stems of this species are sometimes square in cross-section.
Tiny pink-white, star-shaped flowers appear on branched flower stems in autumn.[1][2]
References
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- ^ Crassula spathulata - PlantZAfrica.com
- ^ Doreen Court (2000). Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. CRC Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-90-5809-323-3.