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.
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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 widespreading, 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

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Kalanchoë blossfeldiana"
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acute +  and obtuse +
Reid V. Moran +
Poellnitz +
subclasping +
Kalanchoë globulifera var. coccinea +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
elliptic +  and ovate or oblong-spatulate +
lobed +  and toothed +
oblong-spatulate +, obovate +, ovate +  and elliptic +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
not circumscissile +
not circumscissile +
cylindric +
Fla. +  and Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar) +
0-50 m +
fragrant +
Waste places +
axillary +  and terminal +
persistent +
widespreading +
subquadrate;linear +
semi-inferior +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
spreading +  and erect +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Flowering year-round. +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
connate +, nearly +  and distinct +
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. +
cross-ribbed +  and ribbed +
ellipsoid +
triangular-lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 +  and many +
adnate +  and free +
antipetalous +
succulent +
distinct +
2+ times shorter than ovary +
Kalanchoë blossfeldiana +
Kalanchoë +
species +
flask--shaped +  and 4-gonal +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
not conspicuous +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +