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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Crassulaceae (Stonecrops) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Red/Purple Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: Cream |
| Bloomtime: Summer/Fall |
| Synonyms: [Globulea clavata] |
| Height: <1 foot |
| Width: <1 foot |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
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Crassula clavata - A small mound-forming succulent 2 to 4 inches tall that has tightly packed 1 inch long thick oblanceolate club-shaped leaves that are deep reddish-purple tinged when grown in bright light and particularly so colored in winter. The tight clusters of small creamy white-colored flowers sit 4 to 6 inches above the foliage on an erect inflorescence. Plant in full coastal Sun - may burn in hot inland locations. Very little irrigation required except in desert regions and hardy to around 25 °F. A great slow growing plant for a container or small scale groundcover. This plant comes from gravely areas in the Succulent Karo in Northern Cape into the Little Karo of the Western Cape, both providences in the Repulbic of South Africa. It was first described as Globulea clavata by South African Botanist Nicholas Edward Brown (1849-1934) in 1914 and later reclassified as a species of Crassula in a Section: Globulea (with C. mollis, C. mesembryanthoides, C. pubescens, C. subacaulis, C. cultrata, C. rogersii, C. cotyledonis and C. nudicaulis). The specific epithet comes from the Latin word 'clava' meaning "club" and likely referring to the baseball shape of the leaves. This plant is not that common and is fairly slow growing. Some plants sold under this name that are taller with elongated stems and flat broad leaves appear, to our eye, to be Crassula nudicaulis var. platyphylla. Our thanks to Tony Krock for sharing this gem of a plant with us and to Steven Duey of Gavilan Mountain Succulents who has been growing and promoting this plant at his nursery in Fallbrook, CA. We love this great little plant and after building stock for several years we decicided in 2014 that it it is just to slow growing for us to continue with.
This information about Crassula clavata displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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