Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken

Glabrous herb, often forming dense stands;  stems simple, concolorous, to  c.  70 cm high, prostrate and rooting towards base, otherwise erect.  Lvs 1- or 3-foliolate, with petiole to  c. 5 cm long, usually opposite.  Lamina of simple lf and terminal leaflet usually 6–13 × 4–7.5 cm, 1–2 mm thick, elliptic or broad-elliptic, often folded upwards, otherwise with flat surfaces, green, sometimes reddish green where very exposed;  margins purple, prominently crenate, lacking plantlets;  base truncate or subcordate;  apex rounded or obtuse.  Infl. a loose, terminal panicle, to  c. 20 cm diam.;  main axis to  c. 25 cm long.  Fls pendulous.  Calyx 3–4.2 cm long, broadly cylindric, inflated, green or often green beneath and red above;  lobes 5–8 mm long, broadly triangular.  Corolla deep red;  tube  c. 2.8–3.5 cm long, included in calyx; lobes 1–1.5 cm long, triangular, eventually well-exserted from calyx, sharply acute.  Stamens  c. 2.7 cm long, pale green.  Styles 2–2.5 cm long, pale green. Follicles  c. 1.5 cm long, beaked.  Seeds < 1 mm long, narrow, doubtfully fertile.  

[From:  Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–May.