An obscure shrub native to South Africa, it is known for its multi-coloured foliage and yellow flowers, which bloom in autumn to winter.

A thin shrub up to 400mm high, its quadrangular, fleshy but woody-based, branches lie on the ground with its tips growing upward.

[6] The plant can be confused with Kalanchoe sexangularis, but should be differentiated by its four-angled stems, grey patelliform leaves, and its longer corolla tube.

[1] If grown in a cooler, shadier spot, the plant will not display the ruddy colouration of the leaf tips as powerfully, and it will also incline to have larger leaves.

[8] The plant is easily propagated by a single leaf and a fallen stem piece on the ground would root promptly on soil.