''Curio corymbifer'',

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including ''Senecio corymbifer'' and ''Senecio sarcoides'', is a species of succulent flowering plant in the aster family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

, indigenous to the

Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sou ...

of South Africa,

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

and

Swaziland Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where ...

Description

This basally-branching, succulent shrub reaches up to 2 m in height, but is usually smaller. The thick, erect stems are slightly flattened vertically. The leaves are assembled around the tips of the branches. Leaves are slender, long, terete and tapering (60mm x 5mm). They are blue-green from their pale waxy covering, smooth and each leaf has longitudinal lines. Operation Wildflower
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Related species

Several similar looking species occur in the region, such as '' Senecio aloides'' and '' Senecio cotyledonis''. ''Curio corymbifer'' is distinguished from ''Senecio aloides'' by its flower clusters on the tips of the stems, which are on pedicels that are of a similar length to the leaves.

Distribution

In South Africa, this species occurs from the

Robertson Karoo Robertson Karoo is a semi-arid vegetation type, restricted to sections of the Breede River Valley, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is a subtype of Karoo, Succulent Karoo (geographically an extension of the "Little Karoo") and is characteri ...

in the south, northwards along the western part of the country, in dry areas growing in rocky soils of granite or shale. It is also found in

and

References

corymbifer Flora of the Cape Provinces Flora of Namibia Flora of Swaziland {{Senecioneae-stub