Senecio candicans

Senecio candicans, commonly known as angel wings and sea cabbage, is a succulent flowering plant in the Senecio genus that is native to India and is grown as an ornamental plant elsewhere.[2]

Senecio candicans
Angel wings
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. candicans
Binomial name
Senecio candicans
Wall. ex DC.[1]
Synonyms
  • Senecio candidans Wall.
  • Senecio campylodes var. candicans C.B.Cl.
  • Cineraria sarmentosa Lesch. ex DC.

Description

In a garden setting as an ornamental plant.

Growing up to 1 metre tall, it is a clump-forming plant with broad, serrated and ovate leaves that are silvery-white in colour (similar to Senecio cineraria). It produces flat, terminal clusters of yellow-orange flowers in the summer.[3]

Cultivation

It is grown as an ornamental plant for its showy foliage and drought tolerance as a low hedge for borders and in containers. Growing both indoors and outdoors in full sun or part shade, it is a perennial in USDA zone 8 and above. It can be propagated by cuttings.[4]

References

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