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Six angled kalanchoe (Kalanchoe sexangularis)

Description

Kalanchoe sexangularis is a succulent subshrub up to 3 feet (90 cm) tall, with squared or ridged stems and green upwardly-cupped, elliptically-shaped, up to 5 inches (12.5 cm) long leaves, that have strong rounded scalloped margins and are often tinged red, particularly along the margins with older leaves often a pinkish-brown color. The inflorescence rises up to 1 foot (30 cm) or more above the plant bearing bright yellow flowers in a flat-topped thyrse.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Crassulaceae

              • Genus: Kalanchoe