Talk:Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Ecological status

Originally published in Rio Delta Wild

This plant is quite invasive in southernmost Texas native brush, where it has been dropped with yard clippings from nearby homes. It is toxic to humans. It is very difficult to control, as it is not eaten by native wildlife in the U.S., is resistant to RoundUp, and propagates rapidly. —Christina Mild.
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.115.168.76 (talk) 18:39, 14 May 2007

Common name

Mother-of-thousands and/or mother-of-millions? Arlo Barnes (talk) 17:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

​All of them plus at least three more, namely Devil's backbone, Mexican hat plant, and a bit surprisingly also Flopper. Here are some examples:

• CAB International: Devil's backbone [1]
• Catalogue of Life: Devil's backbone [2]
• Dutch Caribbean Species Register: Mother-of-Millions [3]
• Encyclopædia Britannica: Mother of thousands and Devil's backbone [4]
• English Wikipedia: Mother of thousands and Mexican hat plant [5]
• Royal Horticultural Society: Mexican hat plant, Devil's backbone and Flopper [6]
• United States Department of Agriculture: Devil's backbone [7]
• U.S. National Library of Medicine (in the Unified Medical Language System): Mother-of-millions [8]

I wouldn't be surprised if there are even more English common names, since apart from being native to Madagaskar this invasive species has also spread or been introduced to all continents of the world, except Antarctica (for reference see the CABI link above and this page in Plants of the World Online by Kew Gardens).

All in all and as usual, the vernacular names are a mess – and most often out of scope of Wikispecies' core topics. This is why I most often claim that they shouldn't be listed on Wikispecies' taxon pages at all; an old but ongoing discussion here at Wikispecies. The present consensus is that they should remain. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk) 22:12, 8 April 2024 (UTC)