Species · genus Senecio · Asteraceae

Senecio niveoaureus

Senecio niveoaureus Cuatrec.

Growth habit

Unknown

Native range

Colombia

Reference · S. niveoaureus

Cultivars of S. niveoaureus

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No named cultivars catalogued under S. niveoaureus yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Senecio niveoaureus is a member of Asteraceae native to Colombia, where many high-elevation Senecio grow in cool, bright, well-drained sites. Many plants in this genus store water in fleshy tissue and resent sitting wet, so let the mix dry out well between waterings. Water only when the top inch or two of soil is dry to the touch, and give it bright indirect light with free-draining soil.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

7–27 °C

Soil mix

Free-draining succulent mix with added grit

Propagation

Division or cuttings from basal growth

Fertilizing

Light feed sparingly in the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Woolly white-and-gold flower heads on established plants

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Senecio (ragwort / groundsel) — pyrrolizidine alkaloids; vomiting, lethargy. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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