This species is widespread in Arabia and Africa, extending south to South Africa and eastward to Australia. This sprawling shrub eventually makes a main stem, but in the wild what you see is a great splay of succulent green stems. The flowers are star-shaped and yellow-green. Subspecies crassicaule, which has a type locality of Kasigau, Kenya (WY 1037), has larger stems than the typical species. These plants are rooted cuttings in 4-inch pots.