Crassula pubescens ssp. radicans - Red Carpet Stonecrop

Native to South Africa, Crassula pubescens subsp. radicans, also known as Crassula radicans, is a shrubby or mat-forming succulent with more or less erect stems but with decumbent lateral branches congested with small, fleshy leaves. It grows up to 6 inches (15 cm) tall. The branches root at the nodes when they touch the ground. Leaves are smooth or finely hairy, green but flush bright red when exposed to full sun. They are oblanceolate, up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, and up to 0.2 inches (0.5 cm) in diameter.

Large Red Carpet Stonecrop Lighter in color than Small Red Carpet Stonecrop with larger foliage

The flowers are small, white and appear in dense, rounded to flat-topped clusters on stalks a few inches above the foliage in late winter and spring.

Small Red Carpet Stoncecrop

Large Red Carpet Stonecrop