| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Curio acaulis (L.f.) P.V.Heath trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Calyx 5: 136 (1997) |
| Native Range | Botswana to Namibia and Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-30m |
| Description | leaves numerous, crowded, linear-cylindrical, attenuate, adaxially canaliculate, acute, mucronate, capitula solitary, involucral bracts acuminate, margins white |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cacalia acaulis L.f. Curio acaulis var. burchellii (DC.) P.V.Heath Curio acaulis var. ecklonis (DC.) P.V.Heath Kleinia acaulis (L.f.) DC. Kleinia acaulis var. burchellii DC. Kleinia acaulis var. ecklonis DC. Kleinia ecklonis (DC.) Harv. Senecio acaulis (L.f.) Sch.Bip. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |