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Sedum makinoi Maxim.

Golden japanese sedum (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Sedum

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems basally prostrate and rooting at nodes, apically erect, 15-25 cm. Leaves opposite, pseudopetiolate; leaf blade obovate to obovate-spatulate, 1.7-2 × 0.6-0.8 cm, base tapered and shortly spurred, apex obtuse. Cyme 2-branched, 8-18 cm in diam.; bracts resembling stem leaves but smaller. Flowers sessile, unequally 5-merous. Sepals linear-spatulate, 2-3 × 0.7-0.8 mm, base shortly spurred, apex obtuse. Petals yellow, lanceolate, ca. 4.5 × 1.2 mm, apex obtusely acuminate. Stamens 10; antesepalous ones subequaling petals; antepetalous ones shorter than petals. Nectar scales oblong-spatulate, ca. 0.6 mm. Carpels lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, base connate for ca. 1 mm. Styles ca. 1 mm. Follicles obliquely divergent. Seeds ovoid, small, minutely mammillate. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems at the base lie along the ground and form roots at the nodes. At the end they grow upwards 15-25 cm tall. The leaves are opposite and are oval or spoon shaped and 2 cm long by 6-8 mm wide. They taper at the base and have short spur at the tip. The flowers are yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in shady, moist places in low mountains in central east China.
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Alpine rock crevices. Shady moist forests in low mountain valleys of China.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Abscess (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Sedum makinoi leaf picture by Ko Ko (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sedum makinoi world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275670-1
WFO ID wfo-0001261307
COL ID 4W9JX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sedum obovatum Sedum alfredii var. makinoi Sedum subtile var. obovata Sedum makinoi
WorldFloraDB 2024