Sedum rupestre (Cultivated) – eFlora of India

April 27, 2011
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Sedum

Sedum rupestre L., Sp. Pl. 431 1753. (Syn: Hylotelephium telephium subsp. ruprechtii H. Ohba; Petrosedum reflexum (L.) Grulich; Petrosedum rupestre (L.) P.V.Heath; Petrosedum rupestre subsp. reflexum (L.) Velayos; Sedum albescens Haw.; Sedum reflexum L.; Sedum rupestre subsp. reflexum Hegi & E. Schmid);

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Tufted perennial herb with procumbent rooting stems; leaves alternate, sessile, linear to oblong, terete, 10-15 mm long, up to 3 mm broad, base with truncate spur, apex mucronate; flowering shoots simple, up to 30 cm long, with terminal corymbiform cymes, 15-25-flowered; flowers yellow, 5-9 merous, sepals erect connate, ovate, yellowish green; petals spreading , yellow, oblong, 6-7 mm long; follicles erect, brown.

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As per efi thread :
Sedum sexangulare and S. rupestre look very similar the differences are

S. rupestre: leaves 10-15 mm long, alternate, petals 6-7 mm long

S. sexangulare: leaves 3-6 mm long, usually in 6 rows, petals 3-4 mm long
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Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Crassulaceae- Sedum rupestrum from Kashmir-GSDEC34 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)

Sedum rupestre L., Sp. Pl. 1: 431. 1753.

Tufted perennial herb with procumbent rooting stems; leaves alternate, sessile, linear to oblong, terete, 10-15 mm long, up to 3 mm broad, base with truncate spur, apex mucronate; flowering shoots simple, up to 30 cm long, with terminal corymbiform cymes, 15-25-flowered; flowers yellow, 5-9 merous, sepals erect connate, ovate, yellowish green; petals spreading , yellow, oblong, 6-7 mm long; follicles erect, brown.
Cultivated in pots, photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir.

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Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Crassulaceae- Sedum rupestre from California-GSDEC35 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Sedum rupestre L., ‘Lemon Coral’
Photographed from Sunnyvale, California

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Lohit Valley, Arunachal Pradesh- April 2010;

Herb for ID 220610rk01 – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2489552

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33538

Catalogue of Life (Petrosedum rupestre)

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