Reflexed Stonecrop
Scientific name: Sedum rupestre L.
Diagnostic features
Glabrous perennial.
Stems erect to ascending, to 35cm.
Sterile shoots decumbent, rooting, with long terminal region of living leaves.
Dead leaves not persistent.
Leaves spiral, 12-20 x less than 3mm, ± terete, linear, acute to acuminate.
Inflorescence pendent in bud.
Flowers in corymbose to rounded panicle.
Sepals acute.
Petals (5)6-7(9), 6-7mm, bright yellow.
Base of filaments and inner side of follicles minutely papillose.
Chromosome number: (2n=34, c.56, 68, c.112).
Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; on walls, rocks and stony banks.
Distribution
Locally common over British Isles except North Scotland; Europe.
This species is keyed out on Page 2827 in the Text Key. |
