Crassula umbella Jacq.

Perennials with erect stems 60-150(-250) mm long, unbranched. Leaves in 1(2) pairs, sessile, transversely depressed-obovate or more or less fused into a disc around stem, 10-70(-90) x 20-100(-150) mm, obtuse, entire, crenate to double-crenate, glabrous, usually yellowish green. Inflorescence a terminal elongate thyrse, rarely subumbellate; peduncle 5-60(-100) mm long. Calyx: lobes triangular-lanceolate, 1-2 mm long, bluntly acute to rounded, scarcely fleshy, yellowish green. Corolla star-shaped, scarcely fused at base, cream to yellowish green, rarely white, lobes lanceolate to ovate, (2-)3-4.5 mm long, acute to acuminate. Stamens with yellow anthers. Squamae narrowly oblong, 0.6-1.2 x 0.2-0.3 mm, slightly rounded at apex, sometimes slightly constricted downwards, more or less fleshy, orange to red. Flowering period: (July) August, September.