Orostachys fimbriata (Turcz.) A.Berger

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Orostachys

Characteristics

Rosette leaves linear, short; appendage white, suborbicular, cartilaginous, centrally spinose, margin fimbriate. Stem leaves linear to lanceolate, 1.9-3 × 0.2-0.5 cm, apex spinose. Flowering stem 10-20(-40) cm. Inflorescence racemose or basally branched and conical, dense, 12-25 × 10-20 cm; bracts linear, apex acuminate; pedicels to 1 cm. Sepals oblong, 1-3 mm. Petals red or white, lanceolate elliptic, 5-6 × 1.2-1.5 mm, base connate for ca. 1 mm, apex acuminate. Stamens shorter than or equaling petals; anthers purple. Nectar scales subquadrangular, apex subemarginate. Follicles oblong, apical beak slender, ca. 1 mm. Seeds numerous, ovoid, minute. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.
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A herb. It completes its life-cycle over 2 years. The leaves the first year are as a ring of narrow leaves. They often have purple dots. In the second year the flowering stem arises from the centre of this ring.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on mossy tree trunks. In northern China it grows up to 1,600 m and can be to 3,500 m. In Inner Mongolia.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Bite(Dog) (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Styptic (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Gravel (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

Orostachys fimbriata unspecified picture

Distribution

Orostachys fimbriata world distribution map, present in China, Liberia, Mongolia, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274617-1
WFO ID wfo-0000383428
COL ID 6SVM3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Orostachys ramosissima Sedum ramosissimum Umbilicus fimbriatus Umbilicus denticulatus Sedum fimbriatum Cotyledon fimbriata Orostachys jiuhuaensis Sedum limuloides Umbilicus ramosissimus Orostachys fimbriata var. shandongensis Orostachys fimbriata var. grandiflora Orostachys fimbriata Cotyledon fimbriata var. ramosissima Sedum fimbriatum var. ramosissimum