| Author: | Joseph
Dalton Hooker, 1899 |
| Family: |
ASTERACEAE |
| Origin: |
Burundi,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Somalia,
Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre |
| Soil: |
Grit |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
3,5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
2
Meters |
| Flower:
|
Orange - Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Might
be: Senecio grantii, Bernardus Joannes Maria
Zonneveld, 2004.
Notonia grantii, Oliv. & Hiern, 1877.
Kleinia coccinea, A.Berger.
Notonia bequaertii, De Wild.
Notonia coccinea, Oliv. & Hiern.
Notoniopsis coccinea, B.Nord.
Notoniopsis grantii, B.Nord.
Senecio coccineiflorus, G.D.Rowley.
Senecio coccineus, H.Jacobsen.
Senecio longipes, Baker.
Senecio phellorrhizus, Muschl.
Senecio sempervivus subsp. grantii, G.D.Rowley. |
This member of the Asteraceae family was described by
Joseph Dalton
Hooker in 1899. It's found in the eastern and western part of Africa, growing in a well-drained
soil with some water and lots of sun. The ginger-like roots grow into
clusters of three to four centimetres
in diameter rhizomes and covers several square-meters. The flowers are orange
to red, and it can be reproduced by seed, cuttings and
leaves.
The genera is named after the German zoologist,
Dr Klein,1685-1759. The species after Capt. James Augustus Grant,
1827-1892, a Scottish explorer and plant collector.
Highly poison. A non-traceably toxin, ruining the liver. I bought mine
at a floweriest, calling it ginger!
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