Delairea odorataLem.

Cape-ivy

WFO wfo-0000069201 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Delairea odorata, photographed by Hydrocycler (Elizabeth Dougherty)
fig. a Hydrocycler (Elizabeth Dougherty), CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 204472479
Delairea odorata, photographed by Lisa Bennett
fig. b Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198249288
Delairea odorata, photographed by Di Turner
fig. c Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194975175
Delairea odorata, photographed by Tim
fig. d Tim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194235832
Delairea odorata, photographed by Emily Roberts
fig. e Emily Roberts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193251575
Delairea odorata, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. f Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196066146
Delairea odorata, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. g Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195823467
Delairea odorata, photographed by Halema J
fig. h Halema J, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191941934

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Flowering n = 695 observations

Peak flowering in Jul, from 695 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Delairea scandens Lem.
  • Senecio mikanioides Otto ex Harv.
  • Senecio mikanioides Otto ex Walp.
  • Senecio scandens DC.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.