CORYNEPHYLLUM  Fröderström, 1936

Synonyms:

Corynephyllum viride  Rose (1905) / Sedum viride (Rose) Berger (1930)

Distribution : Eastern Mexico (Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz).

Description (according to 't Hart & Bleij in IHSP, 2003) :

Glabrous perennial subshrubs, 20 - 40 cm tall, much branched.

Leaves subimbricate, alternate, oblanceolate, obtuse, shortly spurred, terete, 20 - 50 mm, spreading.

Inflorescences : Panicles with axillary subsessile flowers.

Flowers : Sepals basally free, shortly spurred, unequal, very large, oblong to ovate, obtuse, 4 - 8 mm, petals basally free, semiovate, subobtuse, narrowly mucronate, ± 5 mm, greenish-yellow.

Cytology: 2n = 68, 136

Plants in habitat, Hidalgo, Mexico :