Kalanchoe beharensis Drake

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Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Belfast Close, Emerald Hill, Harare

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: David Hartung
11, Blue Haze Lane, Umwinsidale

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hillside Dam, Bulawayo

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hillside Dam, Bulawayo

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hillside Dam, Bulawayo

Kalanchoe beharensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hillside Dam, Bulawayo

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Synonyms:
Common names: Donkey's ear (English) Feltbush (English) Velvet bush (English)
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Description:
Shrub, 1-3(-4) m tall. Leaves triangular, peltate, thick, concave above, irregularly lobed or toothed, densely covered in whitish-grey felt, the hairs 3-branched. Inflorescences axillary, branched. Corolla yellowish, ± urceolate.
Notes: Very commonly planted in Zimbabwean gardens.
Derivation of specific name: beharensis: after Behara, a town in southern Madagascar
Habitat:
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Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Native to Madagascar; widely cultivated as a garden ornamental
Zimbabwe distribution:
Growth form(s): Shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Saturday 31 January 2009
Literature:

Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 620.


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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Kalanchoe beharensis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Kalanchoe beharensis
African Plant Database: Kalanchoe beharensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Kalanchoe beharensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Kalanchoe beharensis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kalanchoe beharensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Kalanchoe beharensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kalanchoe beharensis
Plants of the World Online: Kalanchoe beharensis
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Wikipedia: Kalanchoe beharensis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Kalanchoe beharensis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=167120, retrieved 16 October 2024

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