Sedum cepaea L.

Orpin paniculé (fr), Orpin pourpier (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Sedum

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.1-0.3m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Shady places such as forest and shrubbery edges, shaded walls and rocks, preferring fresh, nutrient and base rich, lime-deficient, neutral to acidic, humic, stony or sandy clay soil, usually above limestone bedrock though often preferring siliceous rocks
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Sedum cepaea habit picture by Guillaume ferlay (cc-by-sa)
Sedum cepaea habit picture by dewara (cc-by-sa)
Sedum cepaea habit picture by beurny (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Sedum cepaea leaf picture by krimmjerome (cc-by-sa)
Sedum cepaea leaf picture by Vincent Mask (cc-by-sa)
Sedum cepaea leaf picture by Jean-Marc Vanel (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Sedum cepaea flower picture by María Meyer (cc-by-sa)
Sedum cepaea flower picture by Dominique Vioux (cc-by-sa)
Sedum cepaea flower picture by Guillaume ferlay (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Sedum cepaea fruit picture by Jean-Marc Vanel (cc-by-sa)
Sedum cepaea fruit picture by nicolas pecqueux (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sedum cepaea world distribution map, present in Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Libya, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275208-1
WFO ID wfo-0000436989
COL ID 4W93H
BDTFX ID 62190
INPN ID 122140
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Sedum paniculatum Sedum amani Sedum strictum Sedum calabrum Sedum galioides Sedum tetraphyllum Sedum schwarzii Anacampseros cepaea Cepaea caesalpini Sedum spathulatum Sedum cepaea