Family Crassulaceae

Jade Plant Family

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Kalanchoe daigremontiana  

Plant bud

 

Makapu'u Lighthouse Road, Oahu

MOTHER-OF-MILLIONS, DEVIL'S BACKBONE, MEXICAN HAT PLANT, ALLIGATOR PLANT

Succulent poisonous plant naturalized in dry disturbed areas from Kaua'i to Maui.  Propagates with numerous young plants budding from leaf margins.  Native to Madagascar.  Bryophyllum daigremontianum is a synonym.

Kalanchoe pinnata  

Nu'uanu Pali, Oahu

AIR PLANT

Succulent weed in disturbed dry or mesic lowlands around the world.

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