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Caputia tomentosa
Also called Woolly Senecio
Cocoon plant (Caputia tomentosa) is a low, succulent, perennial dwarf shrub from the Cape Provinces of South Africa, grown for its densely woolly silver foliage. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil and does poorly in wet conditions.
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. It has been introduced to Myanmar. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
