Kalanchoë laciniata

(Linnaeus) de Candolle

Pl. Hist. Succ., plate 100. 1802 ,.

Common names: Christmas tree kalanchoë fir-tree kalanchoë
Basionym: Cotyledon laciniata Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 430. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 157.

Plants glabrous, or pubescent distally. Stems 6 dm. Leaf blades ovate or obovate, 5–14 cm, margins entire, crenate-dentate, or lobed, apex obtuse. Cymes lax, glabrous or pubescent, not glandular. Pedicels ca. 3 cm. Flowers fragrant; sepals spreading, linear, 10 mm; corolla yellow or yellowish orange, flask-shaped, tube 20 mm, lobes wide-spreading, 25 mm. 2n = 34, 68.


Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Hummocks, waste places, roadsides
Elevation: 0-50 m

Discussion

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