Phedimus spurius (m.bieb.) 't Hart

Caucasian stonecrop (en), Orpin bâtard (fr), Phédime bâtard (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Phedimus

Characteristics

Flowering stems creeping, 0.5-1.5 dm. Leaves opposite; blade obovate or orbiculate, 1-3 cm, margins prominently glandular, coarsely crenate apically. Flowers: sepals deltate to lanceolate, 4-4.5 mm, apex subobtuse; petals erect basally, recurved at tips, white to pink, ovate, 8-11 mm, apex shortly mucronate. Carpels erect in fruit, connate basally.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.15
Root system creeping-root fibrous-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 2-6
Soil acidity 5-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use ornamental
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity weak toxic (leaf), weak toxic (fruit)
Animal toxicity weak toxic (leaf), weak toxic (fruit)

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Phedimus spurius (m.bieb.) 't unspecified picture

Distribution

Phedimus spurius (m.bieb.) 't world distribution map, present in France and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:986636-1
WFO ID wfo-0000396544
COL ID 4FXQ2
BDTFX ID 102712
INPN ID 610868
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Phedimus spurius (m.bieb.) 't Sedum lazicum Sedum spurium Phedimus crenatus Sedum crenatum Sedum congestum Sedum ciliare Sedum denticulatum Sedum involucratum Spathulata spuria Anacampseros dentata Asterosedum spurium Anacampseros ciliaris Anacampseros spuria Crassula crenata Sedum dentatum Sedum oppositifolium