naturalizedCrassulaceae
Kalanchoe daigremontiana
Alligator Plant
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Bryophyllum daigremontianum, commonly called devil’s backbone, mother of thousands, alligator plant, or Mexican hat plant is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of its genus Bryophyllum, it is able to propagate vegetatively from plantlets that develop on its phylloclade margins. All parts of the plant contain a very toxic steroid known as daigremontianin.
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Seasonality
Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 9 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 160 · GBIF 122 records
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 140 · GBIF 103 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puapuaʻa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1