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Curio corymbifer (Dc.) Eggli

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Curio

Characteristics

Succulent shrublet, up to 0.7 m tall, with stems well branched above and leafless below, 5-8 mm diam. Leaves crowded apically, terete-cylindrical, 30-70 x 2-5 mm, with dorsal window, with some wool in axils. Flowerheads 76-254 mm simple or branched corymbs on naked peduncles up to 100 mm long, with woolly bract axils, radiate, yellow, fragrant; pedicels scaly; involucre cylindrical, ± 5 mm diam., bracts 8-12, 8-12 x 1-2 mm, bracteoles 3-5, imbricate, lanceolate-subulate.
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Succulent shrublet, up to 1 m tall, with erect, sparsely branched stems, leafless below, 6-15 mm diam. Leaves crowded at branch tips, deciduous, fusiform-falcate and compressed, 60-110 x 5-7 mm. Flowerheads in shortly pedunculate corymbs usually nested among leaves, radiate, yellow; involucre cylindrical, 3-5 mm diam., bracts ± 8, 7-12 x ± 1 mm, bracteoles ± 3, subulate.
Gnarled or erect, succulent shrub with cane-like stems, 30-200 cm. Leaves fusiform, glaucous, striate. Flower heads discoid, in sparse corymbs clustered apically, yellow.
Like S. aloides but flower heads smaller, several in branched corymbs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.85
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Curio corymbifer world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77178504-1
WFO ID wfo-0001422119
COL ID 32KFK
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Synonyms

Senecio corymbiferus Senecio sarcoides Senecio phonolithicus Senecio succulentus Senecio corymbifer Curio corymbifer
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