Rosularia

ADENOTRICHA ssp. ADENOTRICHA

Synonyms :

Sedum griffithii  C.B.Clarke (1878)

Cotyledon papillosa  Aitchison & Hemsley ex Aitchison (1880) / Umbilicus papillosus (Aitchison &Hemsley ex Aitchison) Boissier (1888)

Cotyledon tenuicaulis  Aitchison & Hemsley ex Aitchison (1880) / Umbilicus tenuicaulis (Aitchison & Hemsley ex Aitchison) Boissier (1888)

Sedum anoicum Praeger  (1919)

Sedum adenotrichum var. genuinum  Hamet (1929)

Sedum cuneatum  Wallich [ms.] ex Hamet (1929)

Sedum adenocalyx  Blatter & Fernandez (1935)

 

Distribution : Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, 600 - 3500 m.

 

 

Description (according to U. Eggli in IHSP, 2003) :

 

Caudex absent; roots filiform, branches to 1.5 cm, ± thickened, with greyish-silvery smooth bark, branching and forming loose mats.

 

Rosette open, semiglobular, 1 - 1.5 cm in diameter, offsets stalked.

 

Leaves oblong-spatulate, fleshy, to 18 mm, dark green, rarely pruinose, ± flushed purplish, margin entire or serrulate, apex rounded or obscurely pointed.

 

Inflorescences lax thyrses, lateral, drooping in bud, glabrous or upper ½ glandular-hairy, pedicels 2 - 10 mm, elongating after anthesis.

 

FIowers 5-merous, 5 - 6 mm, glabrous or glandular-hairy on the outer parts, tubular-campanulate, erect, petals united for 1/3, pale pink, yellowish-pink or rarely dirty white, venation often pinkish-red.

Catology : 2n = 18, 36

 

Photos Ray Stephenson

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