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Caputia tomentosa

Species of flowering plant

Species of flowering plant

  • Cacalia haworthii Sweet
  • Cacalia tomentosa Haw.
  • Kleinia cana DC.
  • Kleinia haworthii DC.
  • Kleinia tomentosa Haw.
  • Notonia vestita Collett & Hemsl.
  • Senecio haworthii Sch.Bip.
  • Senecio haworthii Steud.
  • Senecio quinquangulatus Sch.Bip.
  • Senecio vestitus Sweet ex Steud.

Caputia tomentosa, known as the woolly senecio, cocoon-plant, and the matted caputia, is a perennial, succulent dwarf shrub of the Caputia genus that grows in the Cape Provinces of South Africa, usually between the 900 and 1200 meters elevation.{{cite web

History

Its first description was written by Adrian Hardy Haworth, in Miscellanea naturalia, 1803, p. 189, with the name of Cacalia tomentosa. Haworth stated that he had received the plant, introduced eight years before, from the Stockwell Botanical Garden of his friend Benjamin Robertson.

Description

Growing up to 10–25 cm high, its leaves are densely felted, so much so that the felt can be stripped off, dried, and used as tinder. The plant is accordingly called "tontelbos" in Afrikaans. The word means "tinder bush". A plucked stem or leaf can be stuck into warm, not-too-dry earth, where it will root without special attention. Like most Richtersveld plants it does not do well in wet soil.

Culture

Like in nature, Caputia tomentosa needs well-drained sandy loams, rare water and full sun.

References

References

  1. Compositae Newslett. 50: 65 (2012)
  2. . (2017). ["''Caputia tomentosa'' H.P.Linder"](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123770-1). *Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
  3. "''Caputia tomentosa'' matted caputia". The Royal Horticultural Society.
  4. [http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/seneciohaworth.htm Senecio haworthii - SANBI article]
  5. [http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Asteraceae/27697/Senecio_haworthii Senecio haworthii - Succulent Encyclopedia]
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