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Curio talinoides

Common names: blue straws (Eng.); dassieharpuis (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... Conservation, University of the Western Cape December 2019 Curio talinoides is an ascending, much-branched, evergreen, ... but flowers may be present at any time of the year. Curio talinoides is known from cliffs along the dry river ... geology consists mainly of Ecca shale (Karoo Formation). Curio talinoides grows on exposed, sheer cliff faces, often ...

30 / 12 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: blue toes (Eng.); kransharpuis, bloutoontjies (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... summer and autumn, but sometimes at any time of the year. Curio repens has been recorded in the Western Cape, from the ... sandstone, Peninsula Formation (Cape Supergroup). Curio repens grows on exposed, light coloured, quarzitic ... conditions, seeds will germinate in suitable crevices. Curio Curio repens makes a wonderful ground cover in a ...

23 / 03 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: baboon toes, banana vine, creeping berry, necklace plant, string-of-bananas, string-of-fishhooks (Eng.); bobbejaantoontjies, bobbejaanvingertjies, bok

Family: Asteraceae

... Ashton Welcome National Herbarium, Pretoria June 2018 Curio radicans is a succulent ground cover. The slender ... a fast-growing plant, which can easily become established. Curio radicans is a widespread species which occurs from ... of long white hairs, which assists in wind dispersal. Curio This curious succulent grows well in shallow soil as a ...

18 / 06 / 2018 | Ashton Welcome | National Herbarium Pretoria

Common names: Pondo cliff daisy (Eng.); Pondo krans-aster (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... time: spring and summer, but with a peak in spring. Curio pondoensis is known only from the Mzamba River gorge ... The plants will root wherever the stems touch a crevice. Curio Cuiro pondoensis is fairly fast-growing, forming a ... a sunny slope. The plants should flower within a season. Curio pondoensis is easily grown from stem cuttings taken ...

24 / 08 / 2015 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: cliff curio (Eng.); kransharpuis (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... at any time of the year. Fig. 2. An illustration of Curio muirii by Marieta Visagie, drawn from plants growing in ... were collected at Badspoort near Calitzdorp, Western Cape. Curio muirii occurs in the Western Cape. Plants have been ... is usually absent from the cliff-face habitat. Fig. 4. Curio muirii in habitat on a south-facing sandstone cliff at ...

08 / 07 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: blue chalkstick, flat-leaved senecio (Eng.); blouharpuis (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... Conservation, University of the Western Cape October 2019 Curio ficoides is an ascending, multi-stemmed, evergreen, ... autumn to winter, but sometimes at any time of the year. Curio ficoides is confined to the eastern Klein Karoo in the ... but also Ecca Shale soils of the Karoo Supergroup. Curio ficoides grows on exposed steep slopes, often cliffs, ...

11 / 11 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Small, discoid flowerheads in late winter, spring and early summer

Common names: blue fingers (Eng.); blouvingertjies (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2016 Curio crassulifolius is a sprawling, tufted, evergreen, ... They are white to cream or sometimes yellow. Curio crassulifolius grows on rocky outcrops and ledges and ... and hoverflies are observed visiting the flowers. Curio Grow Curio crassulifolius in a sunny position in ...

27 / 06 / 2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG

Curio articulatus

Common names: sausage plant, candle plant, hot dog plant (Eng.); worsies, worsiesplantjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

Curio This plant is now called Baculellum articulatum Curio articulatus (L.f.) P.V.Heath Curio articulatus ...

30 / 09 / 2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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