Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Bryophyllum delagoense

Flowering stem. Photographer Don Wood, Batehaven near Batemans Bay

Flowering stem and top of plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Beecroft Peninsula, Jervis Bay, NSW

Flower buds. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer D Markovic, Clifton, Qld

Common name

Mother of millions

Family

Crassulaceae

Where found

Forest, woodland, grassy areas, disturbed sites, roadsides, near old habitations, rocky sites and along streams. Coastal.

Notes

Introduced perennial herb to 2.5 m high, sometimes suckering from the base. Leaves fleshy. Stems cylindrical, hairless. Leaves opposite each other or in whorls of 3, 1.5–15 cm long, 2-6 mm wide, almost cylindrical, with a shallow groove on the upper surface, leaves notched towards the tips (where plantlets are produced). Flowers pinkish-red, reddish-orange, or red, 20-40 mm long, tubular, with 4 lobes. Flowers hanging down, in a dense cluster 10-20 cm wide, at the top of a single stem. Flowering May to October.

General Biosecurity Duty all NSW, with additional restrictions in the Central Tablelands and Riverina areas, NSW

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Bryophyllum~delagoense  (accessed 6 January, 2021)