Kleinia pendula(Forssk . ) DC .
Inch Worm , Inchworm Plant , Tapeworm Plant
Cacalia pendula , Notonia pendula , Senecio pendulus
Photo byCok Grootscholtenused with permission. All rights reserved.
fellowship : AsteraceaeSubfamily : AsteroideaeTribe : SenecioneaeSubtribe : SenecioninaeGenus : Kleinia
Kleinia pendula , also experience asSenecio pendulus , is a creepingsucculentwith green patterned stem and showy red bloom heads . The stems are overweight , decumbent , flat or dangling , jointed , and usually arch and rooting where touching the soil . They can reach up to 12 inches ( 30 cm ) in length and 0.8 inches ( 2 cm ) in diameter . The shank are green to bronze - unripened with patterns of purplish or morose green production line . The leaves are awl - influence and scale - like and can spring up up to 0.8 inches ( 2 cm ) long , becoming set or spinescent with a stiff , persistent base .
The flower heads are solitary and composed of numerous tiny vivid flushed floweret . They appear in late winter or early spring on slender angry walk that can spring up up to 20 inches ( 50 cm ) long .
Photo byCok Grootscholtenused with permission. All rights reserved.
USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° century ) .
EstablishedSenecios are extremely drought broad . They need some water during the summer but do not leave the stain wet for prolonged periods . Allow the soil to dry out betweenwateringsin the wintertime when they are somewhat dormant . Since they are growing in sandy soil , nutrients must be replenished . Fertilizeannually , but lightly . Too much fertilizer will cause a lot of leggy growth .
Taller variety can get floppy . you’re able to dress them back to where the stalk is firm in former springtime . you’re able to even root the cuttings .
Plants can be divide or repot in early spring . If you aregrowing them in containers , they enjoy spending the summeroutdoors . Wait until there is no danger of icing and move them back indoors in the fall .
Seneciocan be spring up from either seed or cuttings . Seeds prefer warm temperatures , around 55 ° F ( 13 ° C ) , and constant wet to spud . Cuttings are gentle and quicker . Cut during the growing time of year , other springiness to fall . Root in sandy soil , in containers .
See more atHow to raise and Care for Senecio .
Photo byTetrazole
Kleinia pendulais native toEritrea , Ethiopia , Somalia , Kenya , andYemen .
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