Over time, this succulent forms elongated, trailing stems up to 60 cm (2 feet) long that crawl along the ground or cascade down rocky slopes, sending up dense, beautifully freckled rosettes at the ends. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves are grey-green to bright green and heavily painted with distinctive white spots arranged in wavy, horizontal bands - especially visible on the undersides of the leaves. The leaf margins are tightly lined with small, sharp, cartilaginous teeth.
