Sedum polytrichoides Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Sedum

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Sterile shoots numerous. Stems ascending, tufted, slender, 5-10 cm, woody. Leaves alternate; leaf blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 5-11 × 1-2 mm, base spurred, apex acute. Cyme 2-4-branched, many flowered. Flowers shortly pedicellate, unequally 5-merous. Sepals lanceolate-ovate, equal, 1.5-2.5 mm, base spurless, apex acute. Petals yellow, narrowly lanceolate, 5-7 mm, apex acuminate. Stamens 10, slightly shorter than petals. Nectar scales minute, base cuneate, apex broadly rounded. Carpels ± erect. Follicles stellately divergent, ovoid-oblong, 4.5-5 mm, many seeded, base connate for ca. 1.5 mm, apical beak erect, ca. 1.5 mm. Seeds oblong, less than 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Rocky slopes; at elevations around 1,000 metres.
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Distribution

Sedum polytrichoides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275865-1
WFO ID wfo-0001299945
COL ID 4W9RK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sedum coreense Sedum polytrichoides

Lower taxons

Sedum polytrichoides var. yabeanum Sedum polytrichoides var. setouchiense