SEMENOVII (Regel & Herder) Borissova, 1939
Synonyms :
Umbilicus semenovii RegeI & Herder (1866) / Sedum semenovii (Regel & Herder) Masters (1878)
/ Cotyledon semenovii (Regel & Herder) O.Fedtschenko & B.Fedtschenko (1909) / Clementsia semenovii (Regel & Herder) Borissova (1969)
Rhodiola semenowii hort. (s.a.)
Umbilicus linifolius Osten-Sacken & Ruprecht (1869)
Umbilicus linearifolius Franchet (1883)
Sedum semenovii var. kansuense Fröderström (1938) / Rhodiola kansuensis (Fröderström) S.H.Fu (1965)
Subgenus Clementsia
Distribution : Kazakhstan, China (western Xinjiang),1800 - 2900 m.
Description (by H. Ohba in IHSP, 2003) :
Hermaphrodite, to 60 cm taIl.
Rhizomes cylindrical, 2 - 3 cm in diameter, branching.
Flowering stems few, ± 6 mm in diameter, glabrous.
Leaves sessile, linear, 3 - 7 cm x 2 - 4 mm, glabrous, tip acute, base round, margin entire or remotely serrate.
Inflorescences long dense spike-like racemes, 3 - 7 cm long.
FIowers shortly pediceIlate or sessile, calyx deeply divided, sepals linear, petals white or pink, lanceolate, 10 - 12 mm, stamens as long as the petals, anthers red.
Flowering time : June to July.