Sedum anglicum 姬星美人

Common name: English Stonecrop
Scientific name: Sedum anglicum 姬星美人
Genus: Sedum 景天屬、佛甲草屬
Family: Crassulaceae 景天科, stonecrop or orpine family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native

Date: 3rd Aug

3025 A creeping, mat-forming, glabrous, glaucous, evergreen perennial, can reach up to 5cm. Flowers in few-flowered inflorescence with 2 main branches.

3026 Leaves alternate, 3-5mm, egg-shaped, spreading and clasping stem at base.

3027 Side view of the flower buds showing the sepals. Leaves could be clearly seen clasping stem at base in the above photo.

3021 5 petals, 10 stamens and 5 carpels

3022 The anthers of the stamens had dropped already.

3024 Flowers white, about 12mm across.

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)

Sedum acre 苔景天、苦味景天、歐洲萬年草

Common name: Biting Stonecrop
Scientific name: Sedum acre 苔景天、苦味景天、歐洲萬年草
Genus: Sedum 景天屬、佛甲草屬
Family: Crassulaceae 景天科, stonecrop or orpine family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native 

Date: 21st May & 8th June (flowering)

94  A glabrous, mat-forming, evergreen perennial, can reach up to 10 cm. (Taken on 21st May on another location)

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63 Leaves egg-shaped, blunt, alternate, overlapping, broadest near the base, rounded in section, 3-5 mm. (Taken on 21st May on another location)

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27 Flower buds

28 Few-flowered inflorescence.

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29 Flower yellow, about 12 mm across, 5 petals, 6-8 mm.