Curio was established by Heath in 1997 for a group of succulents, previously belonging to the very large genus Senecio. Heath (1950– ) in 1999 to the genus Curio. It was later transferred to Senecio, and ultimately by Paul. Linnaeus named his plant in 1753 as Cacalia ficoides. 49) by Richard Bradley in History of succulent plants. The earlier Pre Linnaean phrase name given to the plant was ‘ Senecio Africanus arborescens, folia ficoidis’. This was the first Curio to have reached Europe.
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The capitula (composite flowers) about 6–12, each 12–15 mm long and 4–5 mm in diameter, rounded at the top (in full flower) ray florets absent disc florets 9–12, white, the corolla lobes recurved style and stigmas protruding, 2–3 mm, brownish purple.įlowering is from autumn to winter, but sometimes at any time of the year.Ĭurio ficoides was first described and illustrated in Caspar Commelin’s Horti medici Amstelodamensis in 1706, raised from seed sent by Van der Stel in 1702. The flowers are inconspicuous, produced at the ends of the branches, in subcorymbs with v-shaped branching, 100–180 mm long the flowering stalk terete, 3–4 mm in diameter, the bracts narrow, 10–20 mm long at the base, becoming smaller upwards, 5–6 mm long. The basal stripe and upper stripe sometimes up to 1 mm wide, translucent. The leaves are alternately arranged, about 5–20 mm apart, linear, sickle-shaped (falcate), tapering at both ends, ascending to ascending-spreading, about 80–150 mm (up to 210 mm) long, flattened (laterally compressed), 6–12 mm thick, to almost rounded 8–20 mm broad, and striated lengthwise, ending in a stiff, sharp point.
Leaves and stems covered with a powdery bloom resulting in the attractive bluish to grey-green colour. The basal stems are greyish, often up to 20 mm diameter, bearing leaf scars higher up, about 8–10 mm in diameter, herbaceous and easily broken, and with a resinous scent. Branches brittle, rounded, succulent, woody below, often radiating from the main stem, the branch ends often reclining. Curio ficoides is an ascending, multi-stemmed, evergreen, branched, shrubby succulent, 500–700 mm high, up to about 1 m tall and spreading 2–3 m in diameter.
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