ZOKURIENSIS (Nakai) 't Hart , 1995

Synonyms :

Sedum zokuriense  Nakai (1939) / Sedum kamtschaticum var. zokuriense  (Nakai) Park (1974) / Aizopsis zokuriensis  (Nakai) P.V.Heath (2001)

Sedum prostratum  Nakai (1935)

Subgenus Aizoon.

Distribution : Korea; cliffs in forests.

Description (according to IHSP, 2003) :

Glabrous herbs with woody tuberous short rhizomes to 2 cm long, with prostrate slender stems to 22 cm, sometimes rooting near the base.

Leaves opposite or alternate, obovate to oblong-obovate or elliptic to spatulate, 1 - 2 cm, obtuse, margins crenate-serrate, 2 - 3 mm petiolate.

Flowering branches glabrous, 10 - 22 cm, branched in the upper part.

Inflorescences terminal, glabrous, leafy, cymes to 1 cm in diameter, with 3 - 4 cincinni.

Flowers 4- to 7-merous, sessile, sepals lanceolate to subulate, obtuse, ± 4 x 0.5 - 0.7 mm, petals lanceolate, acute, ± 8 mm, yellow, anthers small, rounded, yellow.

Status and position within subgenus Aizoon are uncertain.