Senecio candicans, commonly known as angel wings and sea cabbage, is a succulent flowering plant in the Senecio genus that is native to Argentina[2] and is grown as an ornamental plant elsewhere.[3]
| Senecio candicans | |
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| Angel wings | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Senecio |
| Species: | S. candicans
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| Binomial name | |
| Senecio candicans Wall. ex DC.[1]
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Description
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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.[4]
Cultivation
editIt 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.[5]
References
edit- ^ Species Details : Senecio candicans Wall. ex DC. Catalogue of Life: 2020-04-16 Beta
- ^ "Senecio candidans ( - ) | SIB, Parques Nacionales, Argentina".
- ^ Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
- ^ Sea Cabbage World of Succulents
- ^ Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings' North Carolina Extension Gardener Toolbox