TATARINOWII (Maximowicz) H.Ohba, 1977

Synonyms :

Sedum tatarinowii  Maximowicz (1883)

Sedum tatarinowii var. integrifolium  Palibin (1895) / Hylotelephium tatarinowii var. integrifolium  (Palibin) S.H.Fu (1984)

Sedum definitum  H.Leveillé (1904)

Sedum pekinense  H.Leveillé & Vaniot (1904)

Sedum almae  Fröderström (1929) / Hylotelephium almae  (Fröderström) K.T.Fu & G.Y.Rao (1988)

Section Hylotelephium

Distribution : Mongolia, North China.

Description (by H. Ohba in IHSP, 2003) :

Rootstock thickened, with thick tuberous roots.

Flowering stems 8 - 15 cm.

Leaves altemate, shortly petiolate or sessile, oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, 1.2 - 3 cm x 3 - 7 mm, tip triangular, base attenuate, margins crenate with few scattered teeth or entire.

Inflorescence terminal, flattish, 3 - 5 cm in diameter.

Flowers pedicellate, sepals linear-lanceolate or triangular, 5 - 6 mm, petals white or pinkish, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 4 – 5 mm, widely spreading, Stamens as long as the petals or shorter, anthers purple-red.

Flowering time : July to August.

Cytology : 2n = 20