Bryophyllum delagoense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce
Diagnostic description:
A biennial succulent with erect, greenish-brown stems that can reach up to 1.5 metres, but usually much less. Leaves long, tubular, greyish-green with purplish and pinkish blotches; radiating from the stem. Each leaf has a frill of around six plantlets, or bulbils, at the end of the leaf. Flowers orange-red to purple, bell-shaped, in a dense terminal cluster. Flowering stems die after flowering.
Distribution:
Local: Not common in Gibraltar. Found along Signal Station Road below Governor’s Lookout, and on the East Side.
Global: A native of Madagascar, it is an ornamental plant often planted in gardens and pots, but it readily escapes and becomes naturalised.
Ecology:
Flowers from March, April to May.