Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Kalanchoe brasiliensis Camb. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 2: 196. 1829
Herbaceous, perennial, 3-10 dm. high, glandular-pubescent above. Leaves ovate to
obovate, short-petioled, 5-10 cm. long, faintly pinnately veined, crenate-dentate, or the
upper pairs lanceolate, much smaller and entire; inflorescence 1-3 dm. long, cymose-
paniculate, its branches nearly erect, the bracts very small; flowers yellow, 12-16 mm.
long; sepals lanceolate, glandular-pubescent, acute; corolla-tube 2-3 times as long as the
calyx, the limb spreading; stamens borne on the corolla-tube a little above the middle,
not exserted; follicles about 6 mm. long, the brown seeds oblong.
Type locality: Near Sebastianopolis, Brazil.
Distribution: Naturalized in Bermuda, Cuba, and St. Thomas.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1918. ROSACEAE (conclusio). North American flora. vol 22(6). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY