Kalanchoe tomentosa
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Kalanchoe tomentosa is a species of the genus Kalanchoe in the family of thick-leaf plants (Crassulaceae). The species is named after its felty (lat. Tomentosus ) leaves. In Madagascar , where the species is common, it is believed that a flowering plant is a sign of prosperity and wealth.
description
The perennial shrubs reach heights of 80 to 100 centimeters and are completely enveloped by thick, white, felty hair . The densely leafed, upright shoots branch out from the bottom. The alternate, 7 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide leaves , which are often arranged in rosettes , are long-oval and keel-like concave on the underside. The entire leaf margins are rounded and sawed in the upper part with dark brown teeth. The green, yellow-brown to purple, bell-shaped to urn-shaped flowers are erect to spread out and sit on 4 to 10 millimeter long pedicels . The obovate seeds are about 2 millimeters in size.
Systematics and distribution
Kalanchoe tomentosa is common on rocky ground in central Madagascar. The first description was in 1882 by John Gilbert Baker . There are numerous cultivars .
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literature
- Bernard Descoings: Kalanchoe tomentosa . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 185 .
- Hermann Jacobsen : The succulent dictionary . 3. Edition. Fischer, Jena 1983, p. 277.
