GRACILE C.A.Meyer, 1831
Synonyms :
Sedum gracile var. majus C.A.Meyer (1831)
Sedum gracile var. minus C.A.Meyer (1831)
Sedum vuralianum J.Metzger (1993).
Distribution : Turkey, Caucasus (e.g. Azerbaidzhan), northern Iran; stony places in the subalpine and alpine zones.
Description (according to 't Hart & Bleij in IHSP, 2003) :
Glabrous tufted perennial herbs with creeping or ascending short rooting branches.
Leaves alternate, densely imbricate, sessile, spurred, linear-subulate to linear-oblong, 5 - 6 mm, subobtuse, bright green.
Inflorescences : Flowering branches usually simple, erect, to 7 (-10) cm tall, densely leafy, inflorescences dense bracteate cymes with 2 - 3 monochasial (rarely forked) branches.
FIowers 5-merous, sessile or subsessile, sepals broadly sessile, basally connate, elliptic or broadly triangular, 1 - 2 mm, subobtuse, petals lanceolate, ± 4 mm, acuminate, white, sometimes suffused with pink or with reddish keels, filaments white, anthers red.
Cytology: 2n = 12.