Senecio haworthii (Caputia tomentosa) (live succulent)

Senecio haworthii (live succulent)

Family: Asteraceae

Common names: woolly caputia, tinderbush, tontelbossie, tontelbos, tonteldoos.

It is an ascending to rounded, sparingly to moderately branched, succulent shrublet about 500 mm high. The roots are succulent. The stems can become decumbent, rooting at the nodes. Stems, leaves and flowerheads are densely covered in silvery-white, felt-like hairs. The branches are usually about 3-5 mm in diameter.