RENIFORME (Jacobsen) Thiede & 't Hart, 1999
Synonyms :
Villadia reniformis Jacobsen (1958)
Cotyledon imbricata Diels (1906) / Villadia imbricata (Diels) Baehni & Macbride (1937)
Altamiranoa imbricata Berger (1930)
Subgenus Sedum
Distribution : Peru (Cajamarca), 2600 m.
Description (according to 't Hart & Bleij in IHSP, 2003) :
Glabrous perennial herbs.
Stems much branched at the base, subcaespitose.
Branches sometimes prostrate with erect tips, 5 - 10 cm.
Leaves closely imbricate, attached with a broad base, broadened-triangular or almost reniform, 2 - 3 x 3 - 4 mm.
Inflorescence cymose with 2 cincinnoid divaricate-patent branches.
Flowers : Sepals 3 x 1 mm, petals 4 x 1.5 - 2 mm, greenish-white, lobes acute with recurved tip.
Easily distinguished from all other S American Sedum (and Villadia) species by its reniform leaves, which are broader than long.