Kalanchoë blossfeldiana

Poellnitz

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 159. 1934,.

Basionym: Kalanchoë globulifera var. coccinea H. Perrier Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 2: 26. 1928,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 158. Mentioned on page 157.

Plants glabrous. Stems 4–5 dm. Leaf blades elliptic to ovate or oblong-spatulate, 3–10 cm, margins crenate or almost entire, apex obtuse or nearly acute. Cymes dense, compound, glabrous, not glandular. Pedicels 0.5–2 cm. Flowers fragrant; sepals ascending, triangular-lanceolate, 4–10 mm; corolla scarlet, cylindric, tube ca. 8 mm, lobes wide-spreading, ca. 4 mm. 2n = 34, 68.


Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Waste places
Elevation: 0-50 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar).

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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