SEDIFORME (Jacquin) Grulich, 1984
Synonyms :
Sempervivum sediforme Jacquin (1770) / Petrosedum sediforme (Jacquin) Grulich (1984)
Sedum altum Clarke (s.a.)
Sedum anophyllum Chambers (s.a.)
Sedum sediforme var. congestiflorum Cámara (s.a.)
Sedum aristatum Villars (1789)
Sedum altissimum Poiret (1796)
Sedum dioicum Donn (1804)
Sedum fruticulosum Brotero (1804)
Sedum lusitanicum (1816)
Sedum jacquinii Haworth (1825)
Sedum soluntinum Tineo (1845)
Sedum salonitanum Tineo (1845)
Sedum sediforme var. brevirostratum Faure & Maire (1931)
Sedum sediforme ssp. dianium O.Bolòs (1967) / Sedum sediforme var. dianium (O.Bolòs) O.Bolòs (1984)
Sedum sediforme var. saguntinum O.Bolòs (1975) / Sedum nicaeense var. saguntinum (O.Bolòs) S.Rivas-Martínez
Distribution : Mediterranean region from Portugal and Morocco to the Near East (Syria, Israel).
Description (by 't Hart & Bleij in IHSP, 2003) :
Robust glabrous perennial herbs with ascending, often basally woody, non-flowering shoots.
Leaves imbricate, oblong or elliptic with mucronate tips, semiterete and often somewhat flattened, spurred, to 20 mm, glabrous, dark green and often glaucous, flowering branches erect, 25 – 60 cm.
Inflorescences terminal corymbs with 3 – 8 monochasial branches, glabrous, erect and subglobose in bud, with strongly recurved branches, bracts absent.
Flowers (5- to) 6- to 8 (to 9-) merous, sessile or subsessile, sepals basally connate, triangular, equal, mucronate, 2 – 3 mm, glabrous, green, petals free, oblong, greenish-white or cream-coloured, 5 – 8 mm, spreading, anthers yellow.
Cytology : 2n = 32, 48, 60, 64, 96