ANGUSTUM (Maximowicz) H.Ohba 1977

Synonyms :

Sedum angustum  Maximowicz (1883) / Sedum telephium ssp. angustum (Maximowicz) Fröderström (1930)

Hylotelephium angustum var. longipedunculum J.M.Zhang & K.T.Fu (1999)

Section Hylotelephium

Distribution : North-western and western China.

Description (according to IHSP, 2003) :

Rootstock thickening.

Flowering stems erect, pale green, ± glaucous, 50 - 80 cm.

Leaves in whorls of 3 - 5, shortly petiolate to sessile, oblong, 4 - 7 x 1.5 - 2 cm, tip obtuse, base attenuate, margins interruptedly crenate.

Inflorescences terminal and axillary, semiglobose, dense, many-flowered.

Flowers : Sepals lanceolate, ± 1mm, petals oblong, reddish, 3 - 3.5 mm, stamens slightly longer than the petals, anthers yellow.

Flowering time : August to September.

The recently described var. longipedunculum is provisionally placed in the synonymy.