EMARGINATUM   Migo, 1937

Synonym : Sedum makinoi var. emarginatum (Migo) S.H. Fu.

Distribution : S, SE and E China (Anhui, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), widespread, shady and moist mountain habitats, 600 - 1800 m.

Description (according to Flora of China) :

Perennial herbs.

Stems slender, 10 -  15 cm.

Leaves opposite, leaf blade spatulate-obovate to broadly obovate, 10 - 20 x 5 - 10 mm, base attenuate and shortly spurred, apex rounded and emarginate.

Inflorescence usually 3-branched, 3 - 6 mm in diameter, many flowered.

Flowers sessile, unequally 5-merous, sepals lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 2 - 5 x 0.7 - 2 mm, base shortly spurred, apex obtuse, petals yellow, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 6 - 8 x 1.5 - 2 mm, nectar scales oblong, ca 0.6 mm, apex obtues, carpels oblong, 4 - 5 mm, base connate, follicles divergent, seeds brown, minute.

Flowering time : May - June.