Family |
Crassulaceae
Sedum hispanicum
L.
Sedum hispanicum L.
First published in Cent. Pl. I: 12 (1755).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 186, Pl. LXVIII, 6; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Small succulent with ascending, branched stems, 7–15 cm tall; hairless or slightly hairy, sometimes glandular.
Leaves: Alternate, bluish-green, linear and rounded in cross-section, 7–10 mm long, with slightly pointed tips.
Inflorescence & flowers: Numerous, almost stalkless flowers in one-sided cymes, usually with six parts, sometimes seven to nine. Petals are white with a purple midrib, lanceolate and long-pointed, 5–7 mm long.
Fruit: Carpels spread in a star-shaped arrangement and may be hairless, glandular or woolly.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering March–June.
Habitat & elevation: Rocks.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Ghazir, Bzoummar, Terbol, Mar Youhannan near Batroun, Ain Sindiane, Faraya, Ghanfrine above Amchit, Ehden forest, Sfire–Wadi Sirin, Birket Abou Souaiye, Jdita, Kfar Zebed and Zabbougha.
Syrian distribution: Amrith, Ain Halakim, Bhamra, Qleidine in the Ghab, Draj, Jabal Halime, Zemrani, Jabal Maaloula, Jabal Abou Ata, Dmeir, Ezraa and Banias.
Native range: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Palestine, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yemen.
Introduced into: Altay, Baltic States, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Norway, Ontario, Québec, South European Russia, Sweden, Utah, Vermont.
Kew lists Libya separately as doubtfully present.