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Scientific name:

Sedum hispanicum

Vernacular name:

Stonecrop, Spanish


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Spanish Stonecrop

Scientific name: Sedum hispanicum L.

Diagnostic features
Glandular-pubescent, usually perennial.
Stems decumbent to ± erect, to 10cm.
Leaves alternate, 4-15mm, semi-terete; linear to narrowly ellipsoid.
Flowers in diffuse groups of cymes.
Petals (5)6-7(9), 3.5-6mm, white with red midrib.

Chromosome number: (2n=14, 28, 30, 40, 42).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; on walls and stony ground.

Distribution
Rare in South & Central England; Southeast Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 2831 in the Text Key.

Sedum hispanicum (Stonecrop, Spanish)
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