Hylotelephium anacampseros

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Hylotelephium anacampseros
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Hylotelephium
Species:
H. anacampseros
Binomial name
Hylotelephium anacampseros
(L.) H.Ohba

Hylotelephium anacampseros, the love-restoring stonecrop, is a species of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. This perennial plant grows on sunny rocky terrains, in mountains of southwestern Europe.

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Description

They are succulent perennial plants with thick, woody underground stems. They have both erect flowering stems and sterile shoots, the latter ending in a tuft of leaves. They grow up to 10 – 30 cm in height. [1] [2]

Leaves (12–30 mm long, 5–12 mm wide) have a rounded to spatulate shape, with entire margin and obtuse apex, narrowed at the base, sessile, fleshy, glaucous green in color, alternate. [1] [2]

Flowers are grouped in shperical, compressed cymes resembling corymbs. They have 5-6 obtuse petals 8–12 mm long, red or purple on the upside, lilac with a green keel on the underside; and 5-6 acute sepals 4 mm long. [1] [2]

Floral morphology
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Inflorescence
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Flower

Distribution and habitat

It is a southwestern European species, growing in sunny, rocky habitats with siliceous soil from 1000 to 2700 m above sea level. [1] [2]

Ecology

Hylotelephium anacampseros is a perennial plant species that flowers from June to August. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Medri, Mirna. "Hylotelephium anacampseros (L.) H.Ohba - Borracina anacampsero - Forum Acta Plantarum". www.actaplantarum.org. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Pignatti, Sandro (1997). Flora d'Italia - Vol. 1. Bologna: Edagricole. p. 496. ISBN   8820623102.