Crassula atropurpurea (Purple Crassula) is a succulent plant, very common and widespread in the southern Karoo regions of South Africa and Namibia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Purple crassula being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Crassula pubescens
- Crassula rogersii
- Crassula latibracteata
- Crassula clavata
- Crassula swaziensis
- Crassula cultrata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Genus
- Crassula
- Species
- Crassula atropurpurea
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