Kalanchoe farinacea
Kalanchoe farinacea
Kalanchoe farinacea is a plant of the genus Kalanchoe in the family Crassulaceae ( Crassulaceae ).
Description
The perennial, completely bald and bold Kalanchoe farinacea reaches stature heights of up to 30 centimeters. The white or whitish green, upright, vigorous shoots are branches terete and only sparse. The bark is scaly and peeling off in the dry state. The very thick, seated leaves are urged to drive tips. Your obovate to circular leaf blade is 2 to 5.5 inches long and 1.5 to 3.5 inches wide. Your mealy surface is covered with a white to whitish green, mealy Flaumbehaarung. The leaf blade is round at the top and narrowed at the base. The faint pink leaf margin is entire.
The compact, mealy - fluff hairy inflorescence is a panicle ebensträußige. The upright or spreading flowers sit at 12 to 14 mm long pedicles. The calyx tube is about 1 millimeter long, ending in triangular, fleshy lobes which are 1-2 mm long and 1 to 1.5 millimeters wide. The corolla is bright red. The uniformly cylindrical, 10-15 mm long corolla tube has ovate -oblong, pointed tip of about 4 mm size with a fitted Spitzchen. The stamens are attached to the base of the corolla tube, the upper stamens protrude from the corolla tube. Your egg-shaped anthers are wide oblong. The linear - oblong, rounded at the tip Nektarschüppchen are about 2 millimeters in size. The narrow elongated carpel is 4-8 millimeters long and the pen about 4 millimeters long.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Kalanchoe farinacea is widespread endemic to Socotra. It often grows on limestone layers in crevices at altitudes of 100 to 400 meters. The first description was in 1882 by Isaac Bayley Balfour. Kalanchoe farinacea is classified in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as not endangered "Least Concern ( LC) ".