Rosularia alpestris (Kar. & Kir.) Boriss.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Rosularia

Characteristics

Rootstock to 1.5 cm thick. Rosette 1.5-3 cm in diam.; rosette leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong, (9-)15-25(-30) × (2-)3-6 mm, glabrous or very sparsely glandular, apex acuminate. Flowering stem axillary from rosette leaves, erect or ascending, 5-12(-15) cm, leafy, glabrous; stem sessile, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, leaves flat, 5-10 × 2-2.5 mm, adaxially glabrous, margin hispidulous-ciliate distally, apex acuminate. Inflorescences cymose-corymbiform, 2-12(-20)-flowered, glabrous; bracts small, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers 6-8-merous; pedicel shorter than corolla on proximal flowers but elongating on distal ones. Sepals lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as corolla, glabrous, veins 3, apex acute to acuminate. Corolla white, or reddish with purple or red abaxial keel, 6-9 mm; lobes basally connate, oblong-lanceolate, veins 3, apex reflexed and acute. Stamens 12-16, shorter than corolla. Nectar scales suborbicular. Follicles 2.5-3.5 mm, apex beaked; beak filiform. Seeds numerous, ovoid. Fl. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.08
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Rosularia alpestris world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274930-1
WFO ID wfo-0000399365
COL ID 4TFSV
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Synonyms

Rosularia umbilicoides Rosularia alpestris Rosularia kokanica Sedum kokanicum Sedum umbilicoides Umbilicus alpestris Sedum olgae Cotyledon alpestris Cotyledon turkestanica Sedum acuminatum Sempervivum mucronatum Sempervivella mucronata Sempervivum fimbriatum Sempervivum himalayense Sedum durisi Sedum schlagintweitii Sedum scaphiophyllum Sedum nuristanicum Rhodiola nuristanica Rhodiola durisii Rosularia alpestris subsp. alpestris Sempervivella mucronata var. glabra

Lower taxons

Rosularia alpestris subsp. marnieri Rosularia alpestris var. vvedenskyi