Mother of Thousands
Mother of Thousands
Kalanchoe laetivirens
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

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

About

This succulent plant grows along rocky cliffs in dry, tropical regions. It produces dozens of tiny clones on its leaf edges that drop to sprout 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 laetivirens