Phil Bendle Collection:Senecio serpens (Blue Chalk Sticks)

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.

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A flowering corymb
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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