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 :
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Photo Ray Stephenson