At altitudes between height 2 500-2 700 m and occurs Sinocrassula representative of the genus (according to the distribution of IOS). According to another division is a genus Sedum subgenus Sinocrassula (A. Berger, R. Stephenson). The generic name "yunnanensis" indicates the location of - China, Yunnan province. It is a plant with leaves in a dense rosette, with a diameter of about 4 cm. odnožující often, creating a crowded clumps.

Stem leaves are cone-shaped, fleshy, size up to 2.5 to 0.5 cm. Their color ranges from bluish green to (and frequently) blackish. Mainly young leaves are covered with tiny hairs. The plant has small, dense inflorescence to 10 cm height, Individual flowers are papilózní outside, pale yellow in full sun are flushed. Plant vykvétákoncem summer, small, flowers reddish.

Cultivation is not difficult. Sinocrasula requires a sunny position. In the shadow gradually pulls, green and rose to loosen. During the warm season tolerate frequent watering, but the nourishing soil inflorescence numerous blossoms. That in itself is nice, but the inflorescence character excites constricted rosettes and the plant loses its beauty. The addition of calcium to the soil will not harm plants. In winter, almost nezaléváme plants, can tolerate dry climate, but so hardy as the cacti are not after all. Placing the light helps plants to spring more quickly to get a summer beauty. According to Ray Stephenson (Cultivated stenocrops -1997) plant suffers winter in temperate climates, winters in stronger housing needs but also to moisture in the following oblevách. There are also crested form, not resistant cold.