Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Crassula nudicaulis group

• Crassula hirta Thunb.: (var. nudicaulis) has long, fleshy, leaves more or less covered by white hairs, but variability among individuals is evident and no two plants look the same. Distribution: Cape of Good Hope.
• Crassula nudicaulis L.: (var. nudicaulis) leaves are oblong-elliptic and 50-80 mm long. The typical variety represents a variable complex. Distribution: S-W Cape to the E Cape, Free State, Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal.
• Crassula nudicaulis var. herrei (Friedrich) Toelken: has a shrubby habit up to 100-250 mm tall wit very thick glabrous leaves 30-40 mm long and semi-circular in section. The flowers are directed upwards. Distribution: Western Cape to the Orange River.
• Crassula nudicaulis var. platyphylla (Harv.) Toelken: has bluish-grey, broadly oblong to orbicular leaves with marginal cilia. Distribution: mountains bordering the southern Great Karoo.