MORGANIANUM Walther, 1938
Etymology : Named for Dr. Meredith W. Morgan (1887 - 1957), an eye specialist whose hobby was growing succulents.
Distribution : Mexico (central Veracruz).
Description ( by 't Hart & Bleij in IHSP, 2003) :
Glaucous-green stems.
Leaves crowded, in 5 obvious spirals, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, acute, falcate, subterete, almost orbicular, glaucous, 15 - 30 x 5 – 8 mm thick, flowering branches pendent.
Inflorescences corymbs.
Flowers 5-merous, long-pedicellate, sepals broadly sessile, connate, unequal, triangular-acuminate, 5 - 9 mm, petals basaIly connate, lanceolate, acuminate, subcucullate, mucronate, red-purple, 10 - 12 mm, erect, filaments pink, anthers light yellow, nectar scales broad, emarginate, deep pink.
Cytology : 2n = 70
Common name : 'Burro's Tail'.
The Sedum morganianum habitat discovered
by Miguel Cházaro, David Jimeno-Sevilla & Amparo Alvalat-Botana
Published in CactusWorld 29 (1), 13 - 18, 2011.
Photo Mateo Lichtenstein
Photos Margrit Bischofberger
Photos Mateo Lichtenstein
Nectar drops in the flower :
Photos Santino Rischitelli
A. cristate form was published as Sedum morganianum 'Polytails' by Harry Mak in Photo album of succulents in color 3: 199 (Mar 2003) :
Photo Harry Mak
Photo Noelene Tomlinson
More photos of cristate plants :
Photos Santino Rischitelli