Curio crassulifolius (Dc.) P.V.Heath

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Curio

Characteristics

Glabrous, grey-green, succulent, perennial herb, erect or sprawling, up to 0.3 m high. Stems short, simple, rough with old leaf bases. Leaves crowded above, linear-cylindrical, grey-green, up to 65 mm long. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle up to 200 mm long, 1-few-headed. Capitula discoid, mostly white; involucre campanulate; bracts ± 12, 7-8 mm long; calyculus bracts few, minute. Flowering time May-Sept. Cypselae 2.5 mm long, ± cylindrical, ribbed, hairy.
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Erect or sprawling, succulent perennial to 30 cm. Leaves in terminal tufts, fusiform-terete. Flower heads discoid, 1-few on elongate, sparsely bracteate, terminal peduncles, white, sometimes yellow, involucral bracts ± 8.
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Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Images

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Distribution

Curio crassulifolius world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011402-1
WFO ID wfo-0000111330
COL ID 32KFL
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Synonyms

Kleinia crassulifolia Senecio crassulifolius Kleinia crassulaefolia Curio crassulifolius