Senecio stapeliiformis
Senecio stapeliiformis is a beautifully-patterned succulent with pencil-wide, upright, blue-green stems with silver markings.
Senecio stapeliiformis is a super cool succulent with a rhizomatous habit that pushes up pencil-wide, upright, deep green to blue green, leafless stems with light green to silver markings forming a beautiful pattern. Purple shades can develop in full sun. Flowers are large, hawkweed-like and red or orange in colour.
Common Name: Pickle Plant
Family: Asteraceae (The Asteraceae Family)
Zone Hardiness: 9-11
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: Orange
Bloom Time: Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Tender
Soil Moisture: Drought Tolerant, Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Award:
Geographical Origin: Southern Africa and Madagascar
