Curio crassulifolius showy leaves, dull flowerheads

The blue-grey leaves of Curio crassulifolius grow in stem-tip tufts, the plant commonly called blue fingers on account of its leaves. They are succulent, chubby and cylindrical to spindle-shaped, pointing their sharpish, purple tips upwards and inwards in attractive rosette-like clusters. Leaf surfaces are smooth, covered in a whitish bloom (pruinose). Leaf dimensions are from 25 mm to 60 mm long and from 4 mm to 8 mm wide.

The discoid flowerheads are white, cream or yellow and small with no rays present. The heads occur solitary or in small clusters above the leaves on naked flowering stems, apart from small bracts where the stems branch.

The photo was taken in November (Smith, et al, 2017; Bean & Johns, 2005; Wikipedia; http://pza.sanbi.org).