''Curio hallianus'', syn. ''Senecio hallianus'', is a creeping succulent plant in the daisy family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...

that is native to

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. It is also known as chain of blue beans or string of beans.

Description

This perennial is a fleshy, mat-forming, trailing succulent that is very similar in appearance to '' Curio radicans'', but it has blue-grey leaves, whereas ''radicans'' has green leaves.Curio hallianus
by World of Succulents The stems contain a gummy resin. The leaves grow on only one side of the stem.e-Flora of South Africa. v1.36. 2022. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.36 Between one and three white flowerheads grow on terminal stems that are up to 10 cm tall. They are fragrant and disc shaped.

Distribution and habitat

This plant is found growing in rock fissures between Prince Albert and the

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in South Africa.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15597710 hallianus Flora of South Africa Garden plants Drought-tolerant plants Plants described in 1958