Common name: Live Plant, Resurrection Plant
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken APNI* Synonyms: Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. APNI*
Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb. APNI*
Description: Glaucous shrub 0.3–2 m high, little-branched, suckering at the base, stems cylindrical.
Leaves elliptic, 5–25 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, crenate, lower ones simple, upper ones often pinnate with leaflets elliptic.
Inflorescence paniculate. Calyx papery and much-inflated, 25–40 mm long. Corolla reddish, to twice as long as the calyx. Escape from cultivation, not common. Probably native of Afr.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *CWS, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by J. Everett & E. H. Norris
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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