AMABILIS (Ohba) Ohba, 1976
Synonym : Sedum amabile Ohba (1976)
Subgenus Crassipedes
Distribution: Nepal.
Description (according to H. Ohba in IHSP, 2003) :
Hermaphrodite, to 10 cm tall, rhizomes 3 – 10 mm in diameter, sparsely branched.
Flowering stems 5 - 15, ± fastigiate, glabrous, pale green, 0.6 - 1 mm in diameter.
Leaves densely arranged throughout, widely spreading, sessile, thickly herbaceous, linear to linear-Ianceolate, 6 - 12 x 0.8 - 1.5 mm, tip round or obtuse, entire or nearly so.
Inflorescence 1- to 3- (to 5-) flowered, bracts 3 - 5 x 0.5 - 1 mm, pedicels ± 0 – 1.2mm,
Flowers 6 - 10 mm in diameter, calyx 4.5 - 5.5 mm, glabrous, sepals 4 - 5 mm, triangular-lanceolate, tinged with red, petals white or pink near tip, glabrous, spreading at anthesis, (narrowly) elliptic, 5 - 7.5 mm, acute or obtuse, entire, stamens distinctly shorter than the petals, ascending to erect, anthers purplish-red.
Flowering time : Mid-August to late September.
Note :
Cultivation is only successful when plants are grown in a cool spot, direct sun only in early morning or late evening, large stones over the rootstocks to keep cool.