Sedum annuum L.

Annual stonecrop (en), Orpin annuel (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Sedum

Characteristics

Herbs, annual, tufted, glabrous. Stems erect, simple or branched, not forming rosettes. Leaves alternate, spreading-erect, sessile; blade pea green, not glaucous, linear-oblong or oblong-elliptic, terete or subterete, ca. 6 × 2 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex obtuse, (surfaces papillose). Flowering shoots erect, simple, 3-15 cm; leaf blades linear-oblong or obovate-elliptic, base not spurred; offsets not formed. Inflorescences corymbiform cymes, 3-15-flowered, 2-3-branched; branches not recurved, not forked; bracts similar to leaves, smaller. Pedicels absent or to 1 mm. Flowers 5-merous; sepals spreading, distinct, green, lanceolate, unequal, 1.5-2.5 × 0.5-1 mm, apex acute; petals divergent in distal 1/2 from erect base, distinct, yellow, narrowly lanceolate, slightly carinate, 3-5 mm, apex acute; filaments yellowish or greenish; anthers yellow; nectar scales yellow, oblong. Carpels stellately spreading in fruit, distinct, light brown or yellow. 2n = 22.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
Root system 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 2-7
Soil texture 2-8
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Wart (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified)
Human toxicity weak toxic (leaf), weak toxic (fruit)
Animal toxicity weak toxic (leaf), weak toxic (fruit)

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Sedum annuum leaf picture by Blama Maurizio (cc-by-sa)
Sedum annuum leaf picture by periutz (cc-by-sa)
Sedum annuum leaf picture by Tom Schöning (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Sedum annuum flower picture by Szabolcs Frater (cc-by-sa)
Sedum annuum flower picture by mike (cc-by-sa)
Sedum annuum flower picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sedum annuum world distribution map, present in France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:284811-2
WFO ID wfo-0000438109
COL ID 4W8WP
BDTFX ID 62159
INPN ID 122116
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Oreosedum hewittii Sedum rupestre Sedum parnassicum Sedum hewittii Etiosedum annuum Sedum aestivum Sedum zollikoferi Sedum oederi Sedum annuum

Lower taxons

Sedum annuum subsp. gussonei