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Trailing Jade
Kleinia petraea
Kleinia petraea is a species of flowering plant in the genus Kleinia and family Asteraceae which was previously considered to be a species of Senecio. Native to Kenya and Tanzania, it is colloquially known as creeping jade, trailing jade or weeping jade due to its resemblance to the unrelated Jade plant (Crassula ovata).
From the article Kleinia petraea on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It is a multiple-branched succulent with fleshy stems which sprawl along the soil, thereby forming a system of roots as it spreads on the ground, or hang over the edges (if planted in a container). The green leaves are usually speckled with purple, mauve, or brown tinges. The stems grow up to 20 inches (50 cm) long and are approximately 0.3 inches (0.8 cm) in diameter. Leaves are either erect or spreading, thickened, fleshy, roughly egg-shaped, up to 2.6 inches (6.5 cm) long, and around 1.3 inches (3.2 cm) wide. The bright orange, rayless, composite flowers normally appear on erect, 16 inches (40 cm) tall stalk in autumn or winter.
How it is grown
It is grown as a garden plant as a groundcover or in hanging baskets, and it is very drought tolerant.
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Kleinia petraea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 603372.