LAGASCAE Pau, 1895
Synonyms :
Mucizonia lagascae (Pau) Laínz (1968) / Oreosedum lagascae (Pau) Grulich (1984)
Sedum francoi Hamet (s.a.)
Sedum villosum var. campanulatum Willkomm (1874) / Mucizonia campanulata (Willkomm) R.Fernandes (1984) / Sedum campanulatum (Willkomm) Fernández Gonzáles & Cantó (1985)
Subgenus Sedum
Distribution: W Spain (Sierras de Béjar y Gredos); moist places in alpine pastures, 1000 - 2000 m.
Description (according to U. Eggli in IHSP, 2003) :
Annual herbs, glandular-hairy, green or reddish.
Roots fibrous.
Stems (6-) 8 - 16 (-25) cm, erect, branching.
Leaves alternate, linear, with a basal spur, 5 - 11 x 1 - 2.5 mm, glandular.
Inflorescences comprising at least half of the length of the flowering branches, pedicels 3 - 7 (-9) mm.
Flowers 5-merous, sepals basally united, narrowly lanceolate, glandular, 1 - 2.5 x 0.4 - 0.8 mm, corolla campanulate-tubular, petals basally united and forming a tube (2-) 3 (- 4.5) mm long, elliptic, 5 - 8 x 1 - 2 mm, obtuse, white, pinkish or violet.
A member of Ser. Subrosea and in the past sometimes confused with S. villosum, which differs by its stellate flowers.