Senecio

Family Asteraceae. This is a large genus comprising about 3000 species in the wild. The native range of species commonly grown in cultivation is Southern and Southwestern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands.

Senecio rowleyanus - a succulent plant with trailing long stems that root at the nodes. Leaves are spherical (resembling beads), alternately arranged on short petioles. Flowers are white, tubular, lightly scented, gathered in terminal capitula. Cultivated as a hanging (ampelous) plant.

Senecio macroglossus - a climber (liana) with brownish stems. Leaves are alternate on short petioles, triangular-sagittate in shape, dark green with a waxy sheen. There are varieties with variegated leaves that have white or yellow spots or stripes along the edges. It may bloom in winter with yellow flowers gathered in terminal or axillary capitula. It is known as "Natal ivy" and is often mistaken for common ivy, although the leaves of this Senecio are considerably larger.

Senecio scaposus - a succulent plant with a short prostrate stem. Leaves form a dense rosette. Leaves of two types: flat, broad and short; and long cylindrical in shape. Young leaves are covered with silvery pubescence, older leaves smooth and green. Flowers are gathered in capitula on very long flower stalks.

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