Bryophyllum daigremontianum (Ham. et Perr.) Bgr.

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Family: CRASSULACEAE

Genus: Bryophyllum

Sinònims: Kalanchöe daigremontiana Ham. et Perr.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Africa

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rocky coastlines. Garden plants. Gardens and sometimes naturalizated in coastal areas.

Characteristics: A succulent plant, perennial and erect (up to 100cm.). The leaves are lanceolate, opposite, green in colour on the reverse with brown spots on the face; small and sharp teeth alternate with very characteristic propagules. The inflorescence is an open panicle with some dense and pendunculate groups of hanging flowers, violet-grey in colour.