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 | |
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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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]
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.[5]