Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Sedum lydium

Vernacular name:

Stonecrop, Least


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Least Stonecrop

Scientific name: Sedum lydium Boiss.

Diagnostic features
Glabrous perennial.
Similar vegetatively to Sedum sexangulare but leaves not spurred at base as in latter.
Flowers in small dense subcorymbose panicle 1-2cm across.
Petals 5, 2-4mm, white with red midrib.

Chromosome number: (2n=12).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Garden outcast or escape naturalized in a few places in England, Scotland and Ireland; Turkey.

This species is keyed out on Page 2834 in the Text Key.

Sedum lydium (Stonecrop, Least)
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