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University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses

Kalanchoe tomentosa Baker

  • Common Name: Pussy Ears
  • Family: Crassulaceae DC.

  • Country of Origin: Madagascar
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Densely leafy shrub to 50 cm high branching from base; leaves and stems velvety; leaves 7 cm long and 3 cm wide with blotches on margins and at tips; yellow-green flowers.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200036
  • Source: Al Boyer
  • Accession Date: 02-29-1992
  • Bench: 2203 - XER:Spiny Thicket/Socotra/S Africa
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-18-2013

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Crassulaceae
  • SubFamily: Sedoideae
  • Tribe: Kalanchoeae
  • SubTribe:

References:

Succulents, The Illustrated Dictionary, Sajeva & Costanzo, 1994

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