LIPINGENSE Zhang et al., 2019
Distribution : Only known from a single valley in Liping County, Guizhou Province, China, growing in limestone areas.
Description :
Biennial (or perennial ?) herb.
Sterile stems absent.
Rosette present during florescence.
Leaves alternate, broadly obovate, base atttenuate and shortly spurred, 0.5 - 1.5 x 0.4 - 0.7 cm.
Flowering stems 1 - 3 (-4), erect, slender, 3 - 7 cm, bracts sometimes opposite, akin to rosette leaves but smaller, base shortly spurred.
Inflorescence 3-branched, each branch with 1 - 2 flowers.
Flowers 5-merous, sepals lanceolate-oblong, subequal, ca 2 mm, base shorstly spurred, apex obtuse, petals yellow, broadly lanceolate, ca 4 mm, apex mucronate.
Flowering time : April - May.
Sedum lipingense resembles S. subtile and S. bulbiferum but differs from them in retaining a basal rosette during florescence.