PLATYSTYLUM Fröderström, 1936
Synonym : Villadia platystyla (Fröderström) R.T.Clausen (1959)
Distribution : Mexico (Jalisco); ± 255 m.
Subgenus Sedum
Description (according to 't Hart & Bleij in IHSP, 2003) :
Glabrous perennial subshrubs with small sterile shoots.
Leaves closely set, alternate, oblanceolate to subovate, (sub-) acute, shortly spurred, 10 - 20 mm, on sterile shoots somewhat shorter, spatulate-subovate and mamillate towards the tip.
Flowering branches erect to suberect, simple, 5 - 12 cm.
Inflorescences small dense many-flowered corymbs, bracts ovate, 3 - 5 mm.
Flowers 5-merous, subsessile, sepals basally free, shortly spurred, unequal, suboblong, subobtuse, 3 - 4 mm, petals basally connate, subovate, subobtuse, broadly mucronate, white, ± 5 mm, styles very short and broad.