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Scientific name:

Sedum praealtum

Vernacular name:

Mexican-stonecrop, Greater, Stonecrop, Greater Mexican-


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Greater Mexican-stonecrop

Scientific name: Sedum praealtum A. DC.

Diagnostic features
Bushy, glabrous, evergreen shrub to 75cm.
Leaves near ends of branches, alternate, mostly 5-7cm, 3-4x as long as wide, dorsiventral but very thick, entire, obtuse at apex.
Flowers in large panicle (c.10cm).
Petals 5, 6-9mm, c.4x as long as wide, bright yellow.

Chromosome number: (2n=68).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
On cliffs in Jersey since 1920, occasional relic on banks in Guernsey and South Devon; Mexico.

This species is keyed out on Page 2818 in the Text Key.

Sedum praealtum
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