Sedum

PULVINATUM   R.T.Clausen, 1948

Distribution : Mexico (Oaxaca).

 

Description (by 't Hart & Bleij in IHSP, 2003) :

Glabrous perennial subshrubs, stems procumbent, to 21 cm tall.

Leaves alternate, oblong-elliptical, prominently spurred, with cushion-like bases, subterete, 5 - 11 x 1.5 - 3 mm, lustrous green.

Flowering branches terminal or axillary.

Flowers solitary, 5-merous, sepals basally free, shortly spurred, unequal, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 1 - 4 mm, pale green, petals lanceolate, acute, white, 3.5 - 6 mm, widely spreading, filaments white, anthers yellow.

Cytology : 2n = ± 108

The photos on crassulaceae.com are completely wrong.

 

In habitat :

Photos Gerhard Köhres

In cultivation :

Photos Ray Stephenson

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