Senecio cruentus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Senecio cruentus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Senecio cruentus, DC. (Cineraria cruenta, Mass.). Short-stemmed perennial, floccose-woolly: lvs. large, cordate-ovate to cordate-triangular, angled or undulate and sinuate-toothed, rather long-stalked: fls. purple-red. Canary Isls. B.M. 406. — The supposed parent of the florists' cinerarias (Fig. 3609), for discussion of which see p. 771, Vol. II. According to The Garden, March 1, 1890, it was in 1777 that the type of the florists' cineraria was first intro. from the Canary Isls. by Masson. Whether the present highly improved races of cinerarias are direct descendants of S. cruentus or the result of hybridization is not now determined. The garden or modified race began to develop very early. Fig. 3610 is Cineraria Webberiana, Paxt. (Senecio cruentus var. Webberianus, Hort.), copied from The Garden, which "was raised in the spring of 1841 by Mr. Smithers, gardener to Mr. R. Williams, and has bright green leaves and boldly coloured flowers — a form that would give delight in these days." It is said that the first double cineraria is thought to have been Mrs. Thomas Lloyd, certificated in March, 1880. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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