Curio ficoides

Last updated

Curio ficoides
Senecio ficoides.jpg
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Curio
Species:
C. ficoides
Binomial name
Curio ficoides
Curio ficoides (L.) & P.V.Heath (1999)
Synonyms

Cacalia ficoidesL.
Kleinia ficoides(L.) Haw.
Senecio ficoides(L.) Sch.Bip.
Sources: IPNI, [1] AFPD [2]

Contents

Curio ficoides, syn. Senecio ficoides, also known as skyscraper Senecio and Mount Everest Senecio, is a species of succulent plant, in the genus Curio (Asteraceae), indigenous to South Africa.

Description

Spreading, scrambling form of the leaves. Senecio ficoides pm.jpg
Spreading, scrambling form of the leaves.

A succulent, spreading shrub, it reaches over 1 meter in height. The brittle, succulent branches lose their leaves lower down. The leaves are blue-green to blue grey, pruinose, succulent, erect, tapering and flattened laterally, with translucent lines down both sides. The flower capitula have no ray florets, and appear on a terminal, branching inflorescence.

Relatives

This is a polyploid species (2n=100). However, its closest relatives are Curio repens , Curio radicans , Curio herreanus , and Curio hallianus , which have a variable number of chromosomes.

It is easily confused with Curio talinoides , which has a similar growth habit. However, the leaves of C.talinoides are rounded-cylindrical in cross section. In contrast, the leaves of C. ficoides are usually somewhat knife-like, flattened laterally. [3]

Related Research Articles

<i>Senecio</i> genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae

Senecio is a genus of the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. The scientific Latin genus name, Senecio, means "old man."

<i>Kleinia neriifolia</i>

Kleinia neriifolia, known in Spanish as verode or berode, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family (Asteraceae). It is endemic to the Canary Islands. It was formerly named Senecio kleinia.

<i>Curio rowleyanus</i> species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae

Curio rowleyanus, syn. Senecio rowleyanus, is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is a creeping, perennial, succulent vine native to the drier parts of southwest Africa. In its natural environment its stems trail on the ground, rooting where they touch and forming dense mats. It often avoids direct sunlight by growing in the shade of other plants and rocks. It is commonly known as string-of-pearls or string-of-beads.

<i>Kleinia</i>

Kleinia is a genus of African flowering plants in the sunflower family. Kleinia contains around 50 species and is distributed from the Canary Islands, throughout Tropical Africa to India and Arabia. It is closely related to the genus Senecio but is distinguished primarily by having succulent stems and/or leaves.

<i>Senecio angulatus</i> Species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae

Senecio angulatus, also known as creeping groundsel and sometimes as Cape ivy, is a succulent plant from the family Asteraceae of the genus Senecio that is native to South Africa. It is a scrambling and a twining herb that can become an aggressive weed once established, making it an invasive species in some countries. However, it is grown as an ornamental plant for its satiny foliage and sweet-scented flowers.

<i>Senecio tamoides</i> Species of vine

Senecio tamoides, also known as Canary creeper, is a climbing member of the genus Senecio of the family Asteraceae that is native to Southern Africa. It is used as an ornamental plant for its showy yellow, daisy-like flowers in autumn.

<i>Senecio crassissimus</i>

Senecio crassissimus, also known as lavender steps, vertical leaf, and propeller plant, is a succulent species of the genus Senecio, family Asteraceae and endemic to Madagascar.

<i>Curio archeri</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio archeri, syn. Senecio toxotis is a species of succulent plant in daisy family that is indigenous to the south-western Cape, South Africa.

<i>Curio repens</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio repens, syn. Senecio serpens, is a species of the genus Curio in the Asteraceae family. A succulent endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa, it is typically found growing from crevices in rocky sandstone slopes. Commonly named blue chalksticks, it is used as an ornamental plant.

<i>Curio radicans</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio radicans, syn. Senecio radicans, is a succulent houseplant that is native to South Africa. A member of the family Asteraceae, the asters, this species is closely related to the common String of Pearls and Curio hallianus. It has multiple tendrils of glossy, banana-shaped foliage. It is commonly known as string of bananas.

<i>Curio × peregrinus</i> Species of succulent

Curio × peregrinus, also known as dolphin necklace, flying dolphins, string of dolphins, dolphin plant or Senecio hippogriff, is a succulent nothospecies of Curio in the family Asteraceae. It is often called, incorrectly, Senecio peregrinus, but that name was previously given, by Grisebach in 1879, to a different species from South America. The name Curio × peregrinus was published in 1999, based on the earlier name Kleinia peregrina; however, this name was not validly published. The plant is a hybrid between Curio rowleyanus and Curio articulatus.

Senecio sarcoides is a species of succulent flowering plant in the aster family, indigenous to the Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa.

Senecio cotyledonis ("Stinkbos") is a species of succulent flowering plant in the aster family, indigenous to the Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa.

<i>Curio articulatus</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio articulatus, syn. Senecio articulatus, which is also known as candle plant, pickle plant and hot dog cactus, is a deciduous succulent plant that is native to South Africa.

<i>Curio herreanus</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio herreanus, syn. Senecio herreanus, which is also known as string of watermelons, string of beads, gooseberry plant and string of raindrops, is a flowering succulent plant in the daisy family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa. It is grown as an ornamental plant and is very similar in appearance to 'string of pearls', where the names may be conflated.

<i>Curio talinoides</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio talinoides, syn. Senecio mandraliscae, also known as blue straws, blue chalksticks, dassieharpuis, or narrow-leaf chalk sticks, is a succulent plant of the sunflower family that is native to South Africa. The origin of this plant is dubious and it may be a hybrid.

<i>Curio crassulifolius</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio crassulifolius, also known as blue fingers, is a succulent in the sunflower family that is native to South Africa.

<i>Curio citriformis</i> Species of flowering plant

Curio citriformis, syn. Senecio citriformisis, also known as string of tears, is a trailing succulent plant in the sunflower family native to South Africa that grows in rocky outcrops in clay soils.

<i>Curio hallianus</i> species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae

Curio hallianus, syn. Senecio hallianus, is a creeping succulent plant in the daisy family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa.

Curio Trident Blue Succulent cultivar

Curio 'Trident Blue', known commonly as Senecio 'Trident Blue', Trident Blue Chalk and Kleinia 'Trident Blue', is a spear-shaped succulent plant that is a hybrid of Curio repens and Curio talinoides.

References

  1. "Senecio ficoides". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. "Senecio ficoides (L.) Sch.Bip. record n° 98122". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  3. G.Rowley (1994). Succulent Compositae: A Grower's Guide to the Succulent Species of Senecio & Othonna. Strawberry Press. ISBN   0912647124, 9780912647128

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Kleinia ficoides at Wikimedia Commons