MONTANUM L., 1753
Synonyms :
Sempervivum heterophyllum Hazslin (s.a.) / Sempervivum montanum ssp. heterophyllum (Hazslin) Javorka ex Soó (1930)
Sempervivum glaciale Braun in sched. (s.a.) / Sedum montanum (L.) E.H.L.Krause (1902)
Sempervivum flagelliforme Fischer ex Link (1822)
Sempervivum debile Schott (1852)
Sempervivum alpestre Lamotte (1864)
Sempervivum frigidum Lamotte (1864)
Sempervivum minimum Timbal-Lagrave (1864)
Sempervivum monticola Lamotte (1864)
Sempervivum thomasii Lagger ex de la Soie (1875)
Sempervivum macranthum Jeanbernat ex Timbal-Lagrave (1876)
Sempervivum pygmaeum Jeanbernat (1876)
Sempervivum hispidulum Schott ex Baker (1879)
Sempervivum pauciflorum hort. ex Baker (1879)
Sempervivum anomalum hort. ex Baker (1879)
Sempervivum hungaricum Gandoger (1886)
Sempervivum candollei Rouy & Camus (1901)
Sempervivum subalpinum Correvon (1924)
Distribution: European mountain ranges (Pyrenees, Alps, Appennini, Carpathians, Corsica).
Description (according to 't Hart, Bleij & Zonneveld in IHSP, 2003) :
Rosettes clustered, small, rather dense, mostly open; stolons numerous, with persistent leaves.
Leaves acute, finely and densely glandular-pubescent, viscid, ± 10 (-40) mm.
Flowering branches with elliptic or ovate, acute, glandular-pubescent, suberect leaves ± 10 mm long.
Inflorescences 2- to 8- (to 13-) flowered, bracts lanceolate, glandular-pubescent, small.
Flowers 10- to 15-merous, subsessile, 3 - 5 cm in diameter, sepals connate to 1 mm, narrowly lanceolate or oblong, acute or obtuse, purplish, ± 5 mm, petals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, with white glandular-pubescence on the ventral side and the margins, vinaceous red, rarely yellowish, ± 2 mm wide, filaments pale, almost glabrous, styles reddish 2 - 3 mm.
Four subspecies :
Sempervivum montanum ssp. burnatii (Wettstein ex Burnat) Haxek, 1922
Sempervivum montanum ssp. carpathicum (Wettstein ex Prodan) Berger, 1930
Sempervivum montanum ssp. montanum
Sempervivum montanum ssp. stiriacum (Wettstein ex Hayek) Hayek, 1922