ANACAMPSEROS   (L.) H. Ohba, 1977

Synonyms :

Sedum anacampseros  Linné (1753)

Sedum rotundifolium  Lamarck (1779)

Anacampseros sempervirens  Haworth (1812)

Sedum anacampseros fa majus  Praeger (1921)

Section Sieboldia

Distribution : Eastern Spain, southern France, south western Switzerland, northern Italy (Tyrolian Alps); flowering July to August.

Description (by H. Ohba in IHSP 2003) :

Flowering stems procumbent, smooth, 10 - 15 cm long, with several sterile shoots in the basal part.

Leaves alternate, aggregated, petiolate (lower leaves with petioles 1,5 - 2 cm) or sessile, obovate or ovate to orbicular, 1,2 - 3 x 1,3 - 3 cm, ± glaucous, tip rounded or obtuse, base attenuate to rounded, margins entire.

Inflorescences semiglobose, dense, many-flowered.

FIowers ± 7 mm diameter, sepals triangular-ovate or lanceolate, ± 2 mm, glaucous, petals broadly lanceolate, dullish purple inside, purplish and ± glaucous outside, 4,8  - 5 mm, suberect, stamens nearly as long as the petals, filament purplish, ± 4 mm, anthers greenish-yellow or ivory.

Cytology : 2n = 36

Observation sur la route de Bellecombe, commune de Termignon-la-Vanoise (France - Haute Maurienne), 12 aout 2011, alt. 2200 m.