• Scientific Name: Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
• Ref: Syn. Pl. 1:446. 1805
• Synonyms: Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb.; B. germinans Blanco; B. pinnatum (Lam.) Oken; Cotyledon calycina Roth; C. calyculata Sol. ex Sims; C. pinnata Lam.; C. rhizophylla Roxb.; Crassula pinnata (Lam.) L.f.; Crassuvia floripendia Comm. ex Lam.; Vereia pinnata (Lam.) Spreng.
• English Common Name: air plant, cathedral bells, life plant, miracle leaf, Goethe plant
• Chinese Common Name: 落地生根 luòdì∙shēnggēn
• Japanese Common Name: セイロンベンケイソウ [セイロン弁慶草] seironbenkeisō
• Family: Crassulaceae
• Genus: Kalanchoe
• Distribution: Cultivated and naturalized. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan [native to Africa; naturalized elsewhere].
• Photo: 06/18/2009, Xiamen, Fujian
• Note: native to Madagascar despite the Japanese common name referring to Sri Lanka

Herbs 40-150 cm tall, glabrous. Stems usually branched. Leaf blade pinnately compound with 3-5 leaflets, 10-30 cm; petiolules 2-4 cm; leaflet blades oblong to elliptic, 6-8 × 3-5 cm, margin crenate, apex obtuse. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate, 10-40 cm, many flowered. Flowers pendulous. Calyx tubular, 2-4 cm. Corolla reddish to purple, to 5 cm, base sparsely ciliate; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Stamens inserted basally on corolla. Nectar scales oblong. Follicles included in calyx and corolla tube. Seeds striate. Fl. Jan-Mar. (Flora of China)

06/18/2009, Xiamen, Fujian