Kalanchoe eriophylla Hils. & Bojer ex Tul., Crassulaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Cotyledon pannosa Baker

Habit:  succulent

Description:  "Dwarf perennials, much-branched from the base, forming dense mats, all parts very densely covered with whitish or ± pinky felt of long stellate hair; stems simple, slender, subwoody, decumbent, 2-5 cm long; leaves sessile, very thick, very fleshy, connate at the base,  long-ovate, ovate to subcylindrical, 1.5-3.5 x 1.2-1.5 cm, tip obtuse, margins entire; inflorescence 2- to 7-flowered cymes, peduncle to 20 cm; peduncle 7-8 mm; flowers erect or spreading; calyx densely hairy, tube 1.5-2 mm, lobes deltoid, acute, 2-4 x 2.4-3.1 mm, corolla campanulate, pink, violet to blue-violet, hairy, tube 4-6.5 mm, lobes obovate, obtuse, 5-10 x 4-8 mm; stamens inserted below the middle of the corolla tube, slightly exserted; anthers reniform, ± 3 mm; seeds obovate"  (Eggli, 2001; p. 155).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Madagascar (Eggli, 2001; p. 155).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Santa Cruz Group	Santa Cruz Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)

Additional information:
Additional online information about Kalanchoe eriophylla is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Kalanchoe eriophylla as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Kalanchoe eriophylla may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Charles Darwin Foundation. 2008. Database inventory of introduced plant species in the rural and urban zones of Galapagos. Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Eggle, Urs. 2001. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Springer. 386 pp.