DASYPHYLLUM var. GLANDULIFERUM (Gussone) Moris, 1840
Synonyms :
Sedum glanduliferum Gusonne (1827) / Sedum dasyphyllum ssp. glanduliferum (Gussone) Nyman (1879)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. glutinosum Maire (s.a.)
Sedum corsicum Duby ex DC (1828)
Sedum neapolitanum Tenore (1831)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. vulgare Moris (1840)
Sedum pulligerum Pomel (1875) / Sedum dasyphyllum fa pulligerum (Pomel) Battandier (1889) / Sedum dasyphyllum var. pulligerum (Pomel) Maire (1977)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. oblongifolium Ball (1878) / Sedum dasyphyllum ssp. oblongifolium (Ball) Maire (1928)
Sedum granatense Pau (1895) / Sedum dasyphyllum ssp. granatense (Pau) Castroviejo & Velayos (1995)
Sedum burnatii Briquet (1901)
Sedum donatianum Visiani & Saccardo ex Dalla Tore & Sarnthein (1909)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. suendermannii Praeger (1919) / Sedum dasyphyllum cv. Suendermannii (s.a.)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. dyris Maire (1928)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. rifanum Maire (1928)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. congestum Cuatrecasas (1930)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. mesatlanticum Litardière & Maire (1931)
Sedum dasyphyllum var. alternum Maire (1932) / Sedum dasyphyllum fa alternum (Maire) Maire (1977)
Sedum moroderi Pau (1934) / Sedum dasyphyllum var. moroderi (Pau) O. Bolòs & J. Vigo (1984)
Distribution : It is the dominant form in northern Africa, south-western Europe (Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, southern Spain, southern Portugal), rare in southern Europe, absent in central and south-eastern Europe and Anatolia.
Non-flowering shoots creeping, forming mats or tufts, sometimes profusely branched.
Leaves alternate (rarely with some non-flowering shoots with opposite leaves), semiterete to subterete or flat, ovate to orbicular, elliptic or obovate, usually densely glandular-pubescent, often with coarse whitish glandular hairs, sometimes sticky, rarely glabrous.
Flowering branches terminal, rarely axillary.
Cytology : 2n = 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 96, 112
Var. glanduliferum specifically relates to plants with alternate leaves. In all other characters it covers the whole range of cytological and morphological variation otherwise found within this extremely variable species complex.