HANDELII Ohba, 1977
Synonym : Sedum handelii (Ohba) R.Stephenson (1994)
Section Primuloides
Distribution : South-western China (Sichuan).
Description (according to H. Ohba in IHSP, 2003) :
Hermaphrodite, 1.5 cm tall.
Rhizomes cylindrical, 5 - 10 mm in diameter, much branched.
Rosettes with 20 - 40 leaves, 3 - 5 mm in diameter, with the withering leaves of the previous year below the living leaves.
Leaves : Radical leaves petiolate, spurred, annual but the petiolar part marcescent, petioles
flat, 4 - 5.5 mm, longer than the lamina, ± 0.4 mm broad at the middle, broadening towards the
base (1.5 - 1.7 mm), spur lunate, ± 0.6 mm, lamina flat, oblong, 1.5 - 3.5 (-4) x 0.8 - 1.7 mm, glabrous, tip round, margin entire, base tapering to petiole, scaly leaves triangular, brown; 1.6 - 2 x 2 - 2.5 mm.
Flowering stems glabrous, cauline leaves flat, sessile, spurless, spatulate to oblanceolate, 3.5 - 4 x 1 - 1.3 mm, glabrous, tip round, base long-attenuate, margin entire.
Inflorescences 1- (to 3-) flowered.
FIowers 4- or 5-merous, 3 - 3.5 mm in diameter; sepals free, narrowly ovate to narrowly oblong-
ovate, 3.2 - 3.7 mm, glabrous, conspicuously spurred, spur 3.2 - 3.7 mm, petals triangular-ovate to
oblong-ovate, 2.5 - 2.7 mm, stamens slightly shorter than the petals, anthers reddish.