Plant in full to part sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to very little. Has proven hardy to around 28° F and likely is tolerant to temperatures slightly below this. This is an interesting gray groundcover that has unique flattened foliage, but otherwise is similar to the other groundcover Senecio.

Senecio archeri comes from the winter rainfall south-western parts of the Western Cape Province, South Africa where it occurs in rocky areas. Its currently correct name is Curio archeri and is closely related to String of Tears, Curio citriformis, which occurs in the Little Karoo to the north, as well as to Curio crassulifolius and Curio repens (syn. Senecio serpens).

The genus name Curio means "to lean" in reference to several related species with a leaning or decumbent habit. The specific epithet honors the Australian botanist and botanical illustrator Willian Archer. This plant has also previously been called Senecio toxotis and it can still be found in some references under this name. This epithet reportedly comes from the plant having toxic properties and it has also been erroneously mislabeled by European nurseries as Senecio aizoides. Though the most recent treatment has this plant and its relatives as being in the genus Curio, until such time as this gets wider recognition, we continue to list them all in the genus Senecio. We thank John Bleck for sharing this plant with us. 

Information displayed on this page about Senecio archeri is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.