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Scientific name:

Sedum anacampseros

Vernacular name:

Stonecrop, Love-restoring


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Love-restoring Stonecrop

Scientific name: Sedum anacampseros L.

Diagnostic features
Glabrous perennial.
Stems ascending, to 25cm.
Sterile shoots procumbent.
Leaves alternate, 1.5-3cm, dorsiventral, entire.
Flowers in rounded panicle.
Petals (4-)5, 4-5mm, pink to mauve.

Chromosome number: (2n=36, c.50).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; a garden relic or throwout.

Distribution
Sporadic in South & Central England; South Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 2821 in the Text Key.

Sedum anacampseros
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