How to identify Donkey Ears
Identify Donkey Ears by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Large elongated speckled leaves (donkey ears).
- Confirm leaf shape: Large, flat, elongated.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Crassulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Donkey Ears.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
- Genus
- Kalanchoe
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Large, flat, elongatedrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Donkey Ears itself; the rest are typical of the Crassulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Typical of the Crassulaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Donkey Ears
Donkey Ears (Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri) is a species in the Crassulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka.
Crassulaceae
Orpine Or Stonecrop Family
Donkey Ears belongs to the Crassulaceae family.
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