Caputia scaposa (DC.) B.Nord. & Pelser
Synonym: Senecio scaposus
Description:
First collected by the naturalist W. J. Burchell between Bethelsdorp and Uitenhage in South Africa in December 1813, this succulent was later collected as living material by horticulturist James Bowie and sent to Kew. It was illustrated in the Botanical Magazine in 1843 as Senecio calamifolius. The species was transferred to Caputia in 2012. It forms tight rosettes of woolly, silvery-green leaves, with yellow daisy-like flowers on long, branched stalks.
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