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Curio hallianus is a trailing, mat-forming succulent with blue-grey beans-like leaves, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It grows best in bright light, sharp-draining soil and needs little water.
Curio hallianus, syn. Senecio hallianus, is a creeping succulent plant in the daisy family Asteraceae that is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is also known as chain of blue beans or string of beans.
This plant is found growing in rock fissures between Prince Albert and the Great Karoo in South Africa.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Curio hallianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
