Succulent, evergreen creepers with a scandent growth to about 10 m high. The young vigorous growth points have a twining habit enabling the plant to climb, and the leaf petioles which point down, aid in anchoring the plant. Stems and leaves are without hairs (glabrous), the leaves are alternately arranged, and the nodes are about 10-100 mm apart. Leaves are spreading and variable in size, colour and succulence. The leaf blades are triangular-heart-shaped, about 30-65 mm long, 30-85 mm broad and on leaf stalks (petioles) 10-20 mm long. The leaf margin is variable, usually irregularly and shallowly 3-5-lobed, with many smaller teeth (dentate) or rarely without teeth (margin entire). The surface is shiny, smooth and dark green, (some forms have a beautiful silvery mottled pattern), dark purple below, 3-5-nerved, the veins forming a network pattern (reticulate).

The inflorescences (terminal corymbs) are carried at the branch ends and consist of 3-10 flower heads on inflorescence stalks (peduncles) up to 60 mm long with 1 or 2 small linear bracts. The flower heads are about 40 mm in diameter with fully opened flowers. The ray florets are about 16 x 6 mm. The heads (involucre without ray florets) are about 10 x 6 mm in diameter. Seeds are oblong, 3 mm long bearing a tuft of many white hairs 7 mm long.

The flower heads of this beautiful daisy are reminiscent of those of the related popular flowering ivy (Senecio macroglossus). According to Herman et al. (2004) South Africa and Namibia accommodate 314 Senecio species of which 45 are succulent. The genus Senecio is the largest genus in the daisy family.

Flowering time: summer & autumn.