Botanical atlas
Woolly Cineraria
Pericallis lanata
This plant is kept in the atlas for identification and safety, not for use. Read the safety notes below before handling it, and keep it away from children, cats, and food.
Pericallis lanata has no documented history as a medicinal or culinary herb. It is treasured instead as one of the wild, woolly-leaved cousins of the florist's cineraria that brightens grocery store shelves each winter, a reminder that this cheerful houseplant traces its roots to windswept volcanic cliffs. On its native island of La Palma, botanists and gardeners alike have long admired it simply for its beauty and its resilience in a harsh, rocky home. Its felted, silver-gray leaves and jewel-toned flowers have earned it a quiet but devoted following among growers of Macaronesian and succulent-adjacent plants.
Safety.
This plant is related to Senecio, a genus known for toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids that can damage the liver, and should never be eaten or brewed. Treat as ornamental only and keep away from children and pets.
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