Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Curio repens (L.) P.V.Heath trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Calyx 5: 136 (1997) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 400-1800m |
Description | glabrous, leaves carnose, glaucous, oblong, acuminate, compressed, adaxially convex, capitula few in corymb, involucre campanulate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cacalia glauca Salisb. Cacalia repens L. Kleinia repens (L.) Haw. Notonia glauca S.Moore Senecio repens (L.) H.Jacobsen Senecio serpens G.D.Rowley Senecio succulentus Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |