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. |