Sedum mexicanum Britton

Mexican stonecrop (en), Orpin du Mexique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Sedum

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, tufted, glabrous. Stems decumbent, branched, not bearing rosettes. Leaves in whorls of 4(-5), spreading, sessile; blade bright green, not glaucous, linear-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, subterete, 8-20 × 1.9-3 mm, base spurred, not scarious, apex blunt. Flowering shoots erect, branched, 8.5-20 cm; leaf blades linear-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, base spurred; offsets not formed. Inflorescences cymes, 20-50+-flowered, 3-branched; branches scorpioid, 2-forked; bracts similar to leaves, smaller. Pedicels absent. Flowers 5-merous; sepals spreading, distinct basally, green, lanceolate, unequal, 3.3-4.7 × 0.9-1.6 mm, apex acute; petals widely spreading, distinct, golden yellow, elliptic, not carinate, 3.3-4.8 mm, apex acute; filaments yellowish; anthers yellow; nectar scales pale yellow, obovate-to spatulate-subquadrate. Carpels erect, distinct, yellowish green. 2n = 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.18
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Disturbed areas in Florida, where it is an introduced weed.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
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°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Leaf

Sedum mexicanum leaf picture by emilie robert (cc-by-sa)
Sedum mexicanum leaf picture by laeticiq courtois (cc-by-sa)
Sedum mexicanum leaf picture by Marie-lorraine Quemeneur (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Sedum mexicanum flower picture by Michèle CLERJAUD (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sedum mexicanum world distribution map, present in Brazil, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:231781-2
WFO ID wfo-0000437231
COL ID 4W9KQ
BDTFX ID 62280
INPN ID 122204
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sedum mexicanum