Kalanchoe thyrsiflora

Kalanchoe thyrsiflora

''Kalanchoe thyrsiflora'' is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland.
Paddle plant Native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland.

A Kalanchoe with unique appearance - upright clumps of leaves that look like some kind of undersea shell, paddles, or a stack of pancakes. 

In time, these plants can form a large cluster of the rosettes, and eventually a tall flower stalk will emerge from the centre of one or more of them.

The stalks can grow to a height of nearly 2 m and the yellow flowers are held in clusters atop the stalk. Australia,Crassulaceae,Desert cabbage,Flora,Flpajacks,Geelplakkie,Geotagged,Kalanchoe thyrsiflora,Meelplakkie,Saxifragales,Succulent,Summer,botany,new south wales,orpine,paddle plant,plant,stonecrop

Appearance

It is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and is common in grassveld amongst rocks.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderSaxifragales
FamilyCrassulaceae
GenusKalanchoe
SpeciesK. thyrsiflora
Photographed in
Australia