senecio scaposus silver coral

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Origin and Habitat: Little Karoo in the Western Cape to the Kei River in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Habitat and ecology: This species grows on ledges of sandstone cliffs, on steep slopes of rocky hills, and along dry river valleys in Albany Thicket and Eastern Valley Bushveld biomes, in sandy, mineral poor and acidic soil. The young leaves have a white to silvery felted coating which may be shed as they get older. This felted covering is an adaptation to the dry conditions under which the plant grows and serves to reflect the sunlight, preventing over-heating or burning.

Synonyms:

• Senecio scaposus DC.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Silver coral, Woolly senecio, Silver Spider
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Klein-tontelbos

 

Description: Senecio scaposus is a stemless or nearly stemless small perennial succulent, Height and width up to 30 cm. Groundcover, cespitose in habit or surculose-spreading, forming large mats
Stems: Very numerous, simple, very short (often elongatin in cultivation) from a multiple caudex.
Leaves: Crowded, long, cylindrical, straight to banana-shaped, inwardly curving (3-)5-10(-13) cm long, 4-7(-10) mm in diameter, that angle upward in tufts and grow in a tight rosette. Tip acute or somewhat spatulate. The young leaves have a bright silver coating (a sort of felt) at least when young, with patterned patches of a waxy light blue on a light green background .They can actually be pealed off revealing the green, succulent leaf below and become a smooth green when they get older.
Inflorescence: (1-)3-5(-6) starry silvery-yellow flowers (capitula) grow atop a 30-45 cm long stalk, simple or (rarely) branching. Flowers are showy, approx 3.5 cm accross, and resemble daisies. Each has about phyllaries 10-13, and 7-13 ray florets, with limbs to 15 mm long, yellow. Disc flowers numerous yellow. Pappus 6 mm long.
Blooming season: Summer.
Chromosome number: 2n = 20.

Senecio scaposus (llifle.com)