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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. |