Crassulaceae
Devil's backbone
Kalanchoe daigremontiana
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Genus
- Kalanchoe
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- طحلبية القبعة المكسيكية
- arz
- طحلبية القبعة المكسيكيه
- Chinese
- 三角叶落地生根, 銳葉掌上珠, 不死鸟, 大叶落地生根, 锦蝶
- Dutch
- Broedblad
- English
- Devil's backbone, Alligator plant, Mexican hat plant, Mother of thousands
- Hebrew
- ניצנית משוננת
- Hungarian
- Sarjika, Elevenszülő korallvirág
- Indonesian
- Cocor bebek anak banyak
- Japanese
- コダカラベンケイ
- Latvian
- Degremona kalanhoja
- Persian
- کالانکوئه دایگریمونتیا
- Polish
- Żyworódka Daigremonta
- Russian
- Каланхоэ Дегремона
- Swedish
- Livsblad
- Tongan
- Faʻēʻaemano
- Ukrainian
- Каланхое Дайгремонта, Каланхоє Дайгремонта
- Uzbek
- Degremon Kalanxoesi
Synonyms
- Bryophyllum daigremontianum (Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier) A.Berger
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: WisdomIsBliss, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.