Kalanchoe longiflora Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Kalanchoe

Characteristics

Sparse shrublets with decumbent ranches up to 0.4 m long; roots fibrous. Leaves petiolate or with cuneate base; petiole 1-15 mm long, clasping; lamina obovate to almost orbicular, 40-60(-80)30-60(-80) mm, with acute or rounded apex and cuneate base, teeth rounded, patelliform, grey-green with thick bloom. Inflorescence a rounded thyrse with several loose dichasia. Calyx with narrowly triangular lobes 2-3 mm long. Corolla yellow to range; tube elongate ampullaceous to almost cylindrical-quadrangular, 11-14 mm long; lobes lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm x c. 2 mm. Anthers 1-1.2 mm long. Squamae linear, 3-4 mm long, tapering into a point. Seeds c. 0.8 mm long.
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Sparse shrublet with decumbent branches, up to 400 mm long. Stems square in section, long. Leaves dentate, grey-green with thick bloom. Inflorescence a rounded thyrse. Corolla tube 11-14 mm Flowers yellow to orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.75
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Kalanchoe longiflora leaf picture by Eugene Allison (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Kalanchoe longiflora world distribution map, present in Australia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274394-1
WFO ID wfo-0001299562
COL ID 3QYLP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Kalanchoe longiflora