Saturday, 10 June 2023

Sedum spurium 高加索景天

Common name: Caucasian-stonecrop
Scientific name: Sedum spurium 高加索景天
Genus: Sedum 景天屬、佛甲草屬
Family: Crassulaceae 景天科, stonecrop or orpine family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Neophyte (established after 1500 AD). A native of the Caucasus. It was introduced to cultivation in 1816 and was known from the wild by 1865. 

Date: 10th June & 10th Oct (fruits)

20 A glabrous, mat-forming, much-branched, creeping perennial. Flowering stems to 15 cm.

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11 Leaves broad, flat, toothed.

14 Leaves flat, opposite.

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8 Flat-topped inflorescence

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19 Flowers pink, 5 petals, 8-10 mm.


26 Fruits split open (taken on 10th Oct at another location)

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