Curio rowleyanus (H.Jacobsen) P.V.Heath

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Curio

Characteristics

Glabrous, succulent, perennial herb, creeper, mat-forming. Stems thin, prostrate, up to 200 mm long. Leaves sessile or subsessile, ± globular, ± compressed, 5-8 mm in diam., glaucous-green. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle erect, up to 80 mm long. Capitula 1 or 2, discoid, white to cream-coloured; involucre tubular; bracts ± 10, 8-10 mm long; calyculus bracts few, minute. Flowering time June-Nov. Cypselae cylindrical, 2 mm long, ribbed, hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.55
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 5-8
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 4-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or divisions.
Mode cuttings divisions
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Curio rowleyanus unspecified picture

Distribution

Curio rowleyanus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011412-1
WFO ID wfo-0000041333
COL ID 32KFZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Curio rowleyanus f. rowleyanus Curio rowleyanus Senecio rowleyanus Kleinia rowleyana Curio rowleyanus f. marmoratus