Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier, Crassulaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Bryophyllum gastonis-bonnieri (Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier) Lauz.-March.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: donkey ears, palm beachbells

Spanish: dulcamara

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "Shrub 50-60 cm high, stem robust, 12 mm diameter below, 7 mm diameter toward the apex, internodes 2-11.5 cm long; leaves decussate, broadly amplexicaul and passing into the blade and there entire, this part 3.5-6 cm long, 17 mm wide, the leaf-blade ovate-lanceolate, 13.5-16.5 cm long, 47-55 mm wide, rounded above, leaf margins coarsely roundish-crenate, surface whitish to mealy pruinose; inflorescence terminal, producing a corymb 28 cm high, 15 cm broad, pedicels glabrous, 10 mm long, calyx glabrous, campanulate, 13-15 mm long, lobes triangular, corolla-tube longer than the calyx, pale pink" (Jacobsen, 1960; p. 648).

Habitat/ecology:  Light shade to full sun.  Hardiness: above 4.5ø C (40ø F) (Dave's garden).

Propagation:  Seed. Plant is viviparous (Dave's garden).

Native range:  Madagascar(?) (Jacobsen, 1960; p. 648).

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) Isabela Group	Isabela Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Isabela Group	Volcán Sierra Negra, Isabela Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) San Cristóbal Group	San Cristóbal Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Santa Cruz Group	Santa Cruz Island	introduced cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Marshall Islands Ratak Chain	Majuro (Mãjro) Atoll	introduced cultivated	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 86)

Comments:  Other Kalanchoes are invasive.

Control:  If you know of control methods for Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri, please let us know.