Depends on your area your drying it in. If you can maintain rh of 60 and temp of 65-70f with indirect moving air in a dark space then you can likely hang the whole plant. You want it to dry slowly.
I hang dry whole plants, it's usually around 50rh 17/18°c where I am so if I strip the leaves it's dries too quick and smells like hay, if the leaves stay on the temps stay
It is possible, Check out my royal Gorilla grow where i also did it & the plant was bigger than yours so Go for it if you can keep the needed parameters in place