Crassula can be succulent annuals, perennials, evergreen shrubs or sub-shrubs, with fleshy leaves and small, star-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers in a terminal cluster. C. pyramidalis is an evergreen succulent perennial to 15cm in height, with erect stems hidden by the closely 4-ranked, ovate leaves to 10mm in length. Flowers creamy-white, 1cm across, in dense terminal clusters