Leaves oblanceolate, obovate to orbicular or somewhat oblong, 3.5–6(–8) cm long, green or greyish-green with a prominent red margin. Corolla tube (8–)10–16 mm long, lobes 6–10(–13) mm long, recoiled at anthesis; anthers up to 2.5 mm long. Flowers spring–summer.
VVP, GipP, CVU, NIS. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW, Tas. Native of southern Africa.
Recorded as naturalised at isolated locations in Victoria, presumably escaped from cultivation or grown from dumped garden refuse.
Toelken, H.R. (1985). Crassulaceae. In: Leistner, O.A., Flora of Southern Africa 14, pp. 1–230. Botanical Research Institute, Republic of South Africa.
