Crassulaceae

Cathedral bells

Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.

Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Kalanchoe

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Cathedral bells (Kalanchoe pinnata) — FlowerPhoto: Chandru Chawla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Common names

By language (45)

Arabic: كالانشو بيناتا
arz: كالانشو بيناتا
Bangla: পাথরকুচি
bew: Cocor bèbèk
Bhojpuri: अजूबा, पत्थरचट्टा, पथरचट्ट, पथरचट्टा
bik: Katakataka
Burmese: ရွက်ကျပင်ပေါက်
Cantonese: 落地生根
Chinese: 落地生根, 灯笼草, 倒吊莲, 倒地莲, 古仔灯, 叶生根, 大还魂, 天灯笼
English: Cathedral bells, Air plant, Curtain plant, Floppers, Goethe plant, Good luck leaf, Life plant, Maternity plant
Estonian: Sulgjas kalanhoe
Filipino: Katakataka
Finnish: Sulkaitulehti
German: Echte Goethepflanze, Goethe-Pflanze, Goethepflanze
gor: Tide Molaloto
Hindi: पथरचटा
Iloko: Abistrana, Abisrana
Indonesian: Cocor bebek
Japanese: セイロンベンケイ, ゲーテ草, セイロンベンケイソウ, セイロンベンケイ草, ハカラメ
Javanese: Cocor Bèbèk, Cocor Bebek
Kannada: ಕಾಡುಬಸಳೆ
Latvian: Plūksnainā kalanhoja
Lithuanian: Plunksninė kalankė, Plunksninė spurguolė
mad: Ghâmet
Malagasy: Sodifafana
Malayalam: ഇലമുളച്ചി
Marathi: पानफुटी
min: Sidingin
Odia: ଅମରପୋଇ
Persian: بریوفیلوم پیناتوم
Polish: Żyworódka pierzasta, Briofilum pierzaste, Bryophillum pinnatum, Płodnolist pierzasty
Quechua: Ch'uqriyuyu, Ch'uqri yuyu, Chukri yuyu, Chukriyuyu, Chuqri yuyu, Chuqriyuyu
Russian: Каланхоэ перистое
sg: Zözömbö
shn: ဝၢၼ်ၽီလူး, မွၵ်ႇဝၢၼ်ၽီလူး
Sinhala: අක්කපාන
Spanish: Hoja de aire, Pinnata de cotiledón
Sundanese: Buntiris
Tamil: பிரையோபில்லம்
tcy: ಕಾಟ್ ಬಸಲೆ
Thai: คว่ำตายหงายเป็น
Tongan: Pipivao
Ukrainian: Каланхое пірчасте, Каланхоє пірчасте
Vietnamese: Cây lá bỏng, Cây thuốc bỏng
za: Gociengzseng

Synonyms

Bryophyllum calcicola (H.Perrier) V.V.Byalt
Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb.
Bryophyllum germinans Blanco
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken
Cotyledon calycina Roth
Cotyledon calyculata Sol. ex Sims
Cotyledon calyculata Solander
Cotyledon pinnata Lam.
Cotyledon rhizophylla Roxb.
Crassula pinnata (Lam.) L.f.
Crassuvia floripendia Comm. ex Lam.
Crassuvia floripenula Comm.
Kalanchoe brevicalyx (Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier) Boiteau
Kalanchoe calcicola (H.Perrier) Boiteau
Kalanchoe pinnata var. brevicalyx Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier
Kalanchoe pinnata var. calcicola H.Perrier
Kalanchoe pinnata var. floripendula Pers.
Sedum madagascariense Clus.
Vereia pinnata (Lam.) Spreng.

Flowers

In flower: January to April, August to September (from 190 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Chandru Chawla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
FlowerPhoto: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Liz F, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: wimcor.be, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
LeavesPhoto: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: Alejandro Alfredo Aguirre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Maria Lentzou/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Whole plantPhoto: Maria Lentzou/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: fathanm24 muhadad06, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.