Mother-of-thousands
Bryophyllum daigremontianum
family
Crassulaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
NIL
For information only
Common names
Mother-of-thousands, Chandelier plant, Devil's backbone, Mexican hat plant, Mother of millions, Mother-of-millions, Mother of thousands.
A fleshy herbaceous plant with upright stems growing 30-150 cm tall. Its paired leaves are elongated in shape and have purplish blotches on their undersides. Tiny plantlets are produced along the toothed margins of these leaves. Its drooping bell-shaped flowers are borne in dense clusters at the top of its branched stems. These flowers (2-5 cm long) are usually red, orange-red or purplish in colour.
Impact
Impact
Mother-of-thousands (Bryophyllum daigremontianum) is a minor environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales. It is easily confused with hybrid mother-of-millions (Bryophyllum x houghtonii) and so its distribution and impact may be underestimated. It is weedy on the opal fields near Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales and is also present in many parts of Queensland. Its impacts are likely to be similar to other species of mother-of-millions (Bryophyllum spp.), but it is far less common.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Mother-of-thousands (Bryophyllum daigremontianum) is a minor environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales. It is easily confused with hybrid mother-of-millions (Bryophyllum x houghtonii) and so its distribution and impact may be underestimated. It is weedy on the opal fields near Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales and is also present in many parts of Queensland. Its impacts are likely to be similar to other species of mother-of-millions (Bryophyllum spp.), but it is far less common.
