Lavender Scallops
Lavender Scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical scrubland
Range
Madagascar
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Lavender Scallops are succulent plants that grow on rocky slopes in Madagascar. They sprout tiny clones along their leaf edges that drop off to grow into new plants.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Crassulaceae
Genus
Kalanchoe
Species
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi