Scientific Name: Curio rowleyanus
Common Name: string-of-pearls, string-of-beads
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: < 0.1m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Pendulous
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Sessile, Succulent, Lustrous, Orbicular, Other, Entire
Flowers: Head (capitulum), White, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Cypsela (achene + calyx), Silver, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Trailing habit; leaves specialized and appear like a string of dull-green pearls that resemble peas in size and shape.