Sedum nanifolium Fröd.

Dwarf stonecrop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Sedum

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, mat-forming, glabrous. Stems procumbent, becoming erect, (reddish-shiny proximally), long-branched, not bearing rosettes. Leaves alternate, (densely set), erect to slightly spreading, sessile; blade green with prominent red dots, not glaucous, sometimes waxy, orbiculate to broadly obovate, semiterete, 2.5-3.5(-5) × 2-2.5 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex rounded to acute. Flowering shoots erect, simple or branched, 2-4 cm; leaf blades orbiculate to broadly ovate, base not spurred; offsets not formed. Inflorescences subscorpioid cymes, 10-20-flowered, simple to 2-branched; branches erect to spreading or recurved, sometimes forked; bracts oblong, ca. 3 mm, base broadly spurred. Pedicels absent. Flowers 5-merous; sepals suberect, distinct basally, greenish, sometimes with reddish striations, subovate, unequal, 2-2.5 × 0.1-1.6 mm, apex obtuse, (papillose); petals erect to spreading, distinct, yellow with prominent, short, longitudinal red stripes, lanceolate, carinate, 4.5-5 mm, apex subobtuse, narrowly mucronate; filaments whitish or pale yellow; anthers yellow; nectar scales inconspicuous. Carpels spreading in fruit, distinct, tan or brown with reddish striations. 2n = 52, 53, 104.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
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°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Sedum nanifolium world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275739-1
WFO ID wfo-0001299490
COL ID 4W9MD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sedum nanifolium