Airplane plant or propeller plant, Crassula perfoliata var. falcata. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, communicated by nurseryman George Loddiges. Sickle-leaved crassula, Crassula falcata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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