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It blooms in spring with small, fragrant, creamy, white flowers on few flowered corymbs that rise just above the foliage. | It blooms in spring with small, fragrant, creamy, white flowers on few flowered corymbs that rise just above the foliage. | ||
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A flowering corymb<br /> | A flowering corymb<br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Senecio
Species: S. serpens
Binomial name: Senecio serpens
Synonyms: Senecio ficoide, Cacalia repens, Kleinia repens.
Common names: Blue Chalk Sticks, Dwarf Blue Fries
Senecio serpens is a small succulent that is indigenous to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. It is a low growing (15-30cm) evergreen plant that branches from the base, and roots along its stems. The prostrate stems hold short >5 cm long blue-green finger-like fleshy leaves.
It blooms in spring with small, fragrant, creamy, white flowers on few flowered corymbs that rise just above the foliage.
A flowering corymb
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