| Scientific Name: | Curio rowleyanus |
| Common Name: | string-of-pearls, string-of-beads |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Africa - southern |
| 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 round pearls 5-8mm wide (reminiscent of peas), apex with a short pointed tip, petioles 1-3mm long. | |