Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 16 views

    W Kalanchoe Pinnata

    Uploaded by

    Lucky me
    This document describes the Kalanchoe pinnata plant, including its description, distribution, environmental impact, and management. It is an invasive perennial herb found in tropical regions and Hawaiian islands that forms dense stands and thrives in disturbed natural areas and pastures.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    W Kalanchoe Pinnata

    Uploaded by

    Lucky me
    16 views1 page
    This document describes the Kalanchoe pinnata plant, including its description, distribution, environmental impact, and management. It is an invasive perennial herb found in tropical regions and Hawaiian islands that forms dense stands and thrives in disturbed natural areas and pastures.

    Original Title

    W_Kalanchoe_pinnata (1)

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document describes the Kalanchoe pinnata plant, including its description, distribution, environmental impact, and management. It is an invasive perennial herb found in tropical regions and Hawaiian islands that forms dense stands and thrives in disturbed natural areas and pastures.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    16 views1 page

    W Kalanchoe Pinnata

    Uploaded by

    Lucky me
    This document describes the Kalanchoe pinnata plant, including its description, distribution, environmental impact, and management. It is an invasive perennial herb found in tropical regions and Hawaiian islands that forms dense stands and thrives in disturbed natural areas and pastures.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 1

    Kalanchoe pinnata

    Air plant

    Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.


    Syn. Bryophyllum pinnatum

    Family: Crassulaceae

    Description: Perennial herb, up to 6 ft tall, smooth,


    stems hollow. Reproduces by adventitious roots at base.
    Leaves succulent, simple at base and at top, pinnately
    compound in the middle of the plant, 3–5 leaflets. Simple
    leaves 8 inches long by 4 inches wide, margins crenate
    (rounded teeth), capable of producing bulbs at margins
    (hence the common name). Flowers hanging in clusters,
    maroon corolla emerging from tubular, lobed sepal, se-
    pal green with red blush. [A relative from Madagascar,
    Kalanchoe tubiflora (Harv.) Raym. Hamet, the chande-
    lier plant, occurs in similar environments on the inhab-
    ited islands except Molokaÿi and Niÿihau. Its leaves are
    simple, in threes at each node, radially arranged on up-
    right stem, greenish brown, may have reddish brown to
    black splotches, almost cylindrical, 1.5–6 inches long
    by 0.2 inches wide, upper surface with a single longitu-
    dinal groove. Margin near tip with 3–9 conical teeth be-
    tween which bulbs
    are produced.
    Leaves fall at floral Distribution: Origin unknown; widely dispersed in
    bloom. Flowers tropics. Invasive in the Galapagos in humid zones and
    pendant in flat- especially in dry zones(31). On all the main Hawaiian Is-
    topped clusters (the lands except Niÿihau and Kahoÿolawe in humid and dry
    chandelier), the tu- zones. Introduced prior to 1871(70).
    bular sepals 0.2
    inches long, the co- Environmental impact: Forms dense stands in dis-
    rolla 1.6 inches turbed mesic and dry natural areas.
    long, orange-red.
    Naturalized by 1930.] Management: Apparently cannot withstand trampling
    Generic name from by animals; thrives in pastures only on rock piles and on
    the Chinese name fence lines. Susceptible to 2,4-D and probably other
    for one species of hormone-type herbicides. Katie Cassel (Kökeÿe Mu-
    this genus; pinnata seum) reported effective control with drizzle applica-
    for the compound tion of glyphosate at 10% product in water.
    leaves; tubiflora for
    Kalanchoe tubiflora, chandelier plant
    tubular flowers(5, 70).

    This is an excerpt from Weeds of Hawai‘i’s Pastures and Natural Areas; An Identification and Management Guide by P. Motooka et al.
    ©2003, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa.

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy