Sedum dasyphyllum

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Sedum dasyphyllum
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A Sedum dasyphyllum with flowers at a rural house in Southern Italy
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. dasyphyllum
Binomial name
Sedum dasyphyllum
L.
Synonyms

Sedum burnatii

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Detail of stems

Sedum dasyphyllum, [1] [2] also named Sedum burnatii and commonly known as Corsican stonecrop [3] or thick-leaved stonecrop, [4] is a low-growing succulent flowering plant of the genus Sedum in the family Crassulaceae.

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Description

It is a small perennial plant with green-turquoise or gray-green opposite leaves and a creeping stem forming shrubs. [5] Its flowers are white and small with little black dots on the petals and green ovaries. The Sedum dasyphyllum, typical of the Mediterranean region, usually grows among the rocks, especially among the tuff walls of rural areas.

Subspecies and varieties

References

  1. ↑ Sedum dasyphyllum at desert-tropicals.com
  2. ↑ (in French) Sedum dasyphyllum on tela-botanica.org
  3. ↑ Nancy J. Ondra (15 April 2007). Foliage: Astonishing Color and Texture Beyond Flowers . Storey Publishing. p.  177. ISBN   978-1-58017-648-4 . Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Thick-leaved Stonecrop page on maltawildplants.com
  5. ↑ Sedum dasyphyllum on backyardgardner.com
  6. ↑ (in French) Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. dasyphyllum on tela-botanica.org
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