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Kleinia ficoides
Blue Chalk Stick, Flat-leaved Senecio, Silver Senecio
Origin: South Africa (Northern Cape, Namaqualand, Alexander Bay).
| Family |
| Asteraceae |
| Genus |
| Kleinia |
| Species |
| ficoides |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Cool season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H1 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| 10 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 20 |
| Height |
| 1 m |
| Spread |
| 0.5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Commonly used as groundcover, as a specimen, in rock gardens or as a part of a potted succulent collection. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in well-drained, mildly acidic to mildly alkaline soils under full sun to partial shade. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Fleshy stems 8 - 12 mm in diameter with some leaf scars. |
| Leaf Description |
| Extremely tapered, waxy succulent foliage measuring 8 - 15 cm long, 5 - 7 mm wide and up to 15 mm thick. |
| Flower Description |
| Small flowers that are corymbose at the summit growing at the ends of branches. Grow as 9 - 15 disc florets. |
| Fruit Description |
| Small downy fruit. |
| Colour Description |
| Chalky bluish-green foliage. Stems are the same colour terminally but fade to a brownish-green closer to the root. Cream-coloured flowers. |
| Propagation |
| By cuttings. |
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