Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Bryophyllum delagoense
Mother of millions
Crassulaceae
Forest, woodland, grassy areas, disturbed sites, roadsides, near old habitations, rocky sites and along streams. Coastal.
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)
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