WALLICHIANA (Hooker f.) S.R.Fu, 1965
Synonyms :
Sedum wallichianum Hooker f. (1844)
Sedum crassipes Wallich ex Hooker f. & Thomson (1858) / Chamaerhodiola crassipes (Wallich ex
Hooker f. & Thomson) Nakai (1934) / Rhodiola crassipes (Wallich ex Hooker f. & Thomson) Borissova (1939)
Sedum asiaticum Clarke ex Hooker f. (1878)
Sedum crassipes var. cholaense Praeger (1919) / Rhodiola wallichiana var. cholaensis (Praeger) S.R.Fu (1965) / Rhodiola crassipes var. cholaensis (Praeger) Jacobsen (1973)
Subgenus Crassipedes
Distribution : Kashmir, northern India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, China (western Sichuan, western Yunnan), forests, rocks on slopes, 2500 - 3800 m.
Description (according to H. Ohba in IHSP, 2003) :
Hermaphrodite, 15 - 30 cm tall.
Rhizomes cylindrical, 2 - 3 cm in diameter.
Flowering stems fastigiate, glabrous, 3 - 6 mm in diameter;
Leaves densely arranged throughout, sessile, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1.2 - 3 cm x 1.2 - 6 mm, bright or yellowish-green above, pale green beneath, glabrous, tip obtuse, base long attenuate, margin remotely irregularly crenulate in the upper 1/2, nearly entire below.
Inflorescences 2 - 3.5 cm in diameter, pedicels 1 - 4 mm, papillate.
Flowers : Calyx 6 - 8.5 mm, glabrous, sepals subulate, 5.6 - 8 mm, petals pale greenish or yellowish-white, narrowly elliptic or linear, 7 - 11 mm, ascending or slightly spreading, stamens slightly shorter or longer than the petals, anthers dark purplish-red.
Flowering time : Mid-July to early September.