Kleinia

Kleinia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Kleinia contains around 50 species and is distributed from Morocco and the Canary Islands, throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia and Indochina. It is closely related to the genus Senecio but is distinguished primarily by having succulent stems or leaves.

==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== Kleinia are upright, perennial, succulent, 1–2.5 m tall shrubs or subshrubs with fleshy, 3–6 cm wide stems and tuberous roots. ===Generative characteristics=== The flowers are white, yellow, or red.