Distribution Map

Kalanchoe luciae subsp. luciae

(Kalanchoe luciae)
(Kalanchoe thrysiflora)

Crassulaceae

Near Endemic
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Schedule B

South African Red List:
LC ()

IUCN Red List:
()

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Kalanchoe thrysiflora - Solitary erect, unbranched, robust, succulent, usually very greyish, hairless, up to 60 cm high, occasionally more. Leaves entire or slightly lobed near broad blunt tip, narrowing to broad base, stalkless, in pairs which gradually diminish upwards to just below inflorescence, largest c 7 cm long X 3 cm wide, broadest above middle. Inflorescence terminal, club-shaped with very numerous short-stalked flowers. Corolla yellow or greenish-yellow.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.