Silver teaspoons (Kalanchoe bracteata)
Description
Kalanchoe bracteata is a plant of the genus Kalanchoe in the family of Crassulaceae (Crassulaceae). Kalanchoe bracteata is a highly branched small shrub that reaches stature heights of up to 150 centimeters and is densely covered with dandruff . The woody, densely branched shoots are young indistinctly square. The stalked leaves are greyish silvery-white to olive green. The fleshy, cylindrical, 5 to 20 millimeters long petiole is rinnig on the top. The egg-shaped, elliptical to lanceolate leaf blade is 2 to 7 inches long and 1 to 4 inches wide. Its tip is wedge-shaped, the base rounded. The leaf margin is ganzrandig. The inflorescence is a Zyme . The erect, occasionally splayed flowers are about 1 millimeter long pedicels . Her calyx tube is very short to almost absent. Their triangular, sharply pointed lobes are 4 to 9 millimeters long. The urn-shaped petals are red and very fleshy. The four-edged Kronröhre is 10 to 16 millimeters long. Their rounded Kronzipfel have a length of about 2 millimeters and are 1 millimeter wide. The stamens are attached above the middle of the corolla tube and do not protrude from the flower. The egg-shaped dust bagare 1.5 to 2 millimeters long. The rectangular Nektarschüppchen have a length of about 1.5 millimeters. The carpel has a length of 6 to 10 millimeters. The stylus is 2 to 2.5 millimeters long.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Tracheophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Crassulaceae
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Genus: Kalanchoe
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