Curio ficoides (L.) P.V.Heath

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Curio

Characteristics

Glabrous, powdery-glaucous, succulent, perennial herb or shrublet, erect or sprawling, up to 1 m high. Stems brittle, leafy above, leaf scars below. Leaves fusiform, both ends tapered, sessile, ± compressed laterally, up to 150 mm long, many longitudinal, translucent stripes. Inflorescence a terminal subcorymb. Capitula several, discoid, white; involucre tubular; bracts 7 or 8, 7-8 mm long; calyculus bracts few, minute. Flowering time mainly Mar.-July. Cypselae cylindrical, 4 mm long, ribbed, hairy.
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Sprawling, succulent perennial to 50 cm. Leaves fleshy, compressed-fusiform glaucous. Flower heads discoid, several in 1-few-branched corymbs, white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 6-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible leaves
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Images

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Distribution

Curio ficoides world distribution map, present in Spain, Italy, Puerto Rico, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011404-1
WFO ID wfo-0000046197
COL ID 32KFN
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cacalia dulcis Kleinia ficoides Senecio ficoides Curio ficoides Cacalia ficoides