Cotyledon integra Medikus, Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 3: 200. 1775; C. spathulata (de Candolle) Poiret; Kalanchoe spathulata de Candolle; K. yunnanensis Gagnepain.

Herbs perennial, 40-120 cm tall, glabrous. Leaves subsessile, amplexicaul; leaf blade spatulate-oblong, 5-7 × 1.5-3.5 cm, base attenuate, margin irregularly lobed to rarely subentire, apex obtuse. Inflorescences cymose, ca. 10 cm, elongated in fruit; bracts linear. Sepals linear-ovate to narrowly triangular, apex acuminate. Corolla yellow, 1.5-2 cm; lobes acuminate at apex. Stamens inserted at corolla throat; filaments short. Nectar scales linear, ca. 3 mm. Fl. May-Aug.

Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kashmir, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam; SW Asia].