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Scientific name:

Sedum dasyphyllum

Vernacular name:

Stonecrop, Thick-leaved


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Thick-leaved Stonecrop

Scientific name: Sedum dasyphyllum L.

Diagnostic features
Glandular-pubescent perennial.
Stems ascending, rooting at base, to 10cm.
Leaves mostly opposite, 3-6mm, ± terete, ovoid to ellipsoid.
Flowers in rather few-flowered cymes.
Petals 5-6, 2.5-4mm, white tinged pink.

Chromosome number: (2n=28, 42, 56).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; onwalls and rocks.

Distribution
Very scattered in England, Wales and Ireland; Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 2830 in the Text Key.

Sedum dasyphyllum
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