URALENSE (Ruprecht) Byalt, 1998

Synonym : Sedum uralense  Ruprecht (1854)

Section Hylotelephium

Distribution : Russia (northern and central UraI Mts.); dry stony slopes and rocks.

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

Perennial glabrous herbs with annual flowering stems.

Roots tuberous or fasciculate, rhizome robust, thick, 2.5 - 3 cm in diameter, erect, ± 15 cm long, branched towards the tip.

Flowering branches numerous, 35 - 50 cm, 5 - 8 mm in diameter near the base.

Leaves lanceolate, 2.5 - 5 cm, shortly petiolate or subsessile, crenate, obtuse.

Inflorescences compound, racemose-paniculate, with short lateral branches in the axil of the upper leaves.

Flowers 5-merous, corolla 4.5 - 5 mm in diameter, petals first greenish, later pink, narrowly lanceolate, acute, stamens longer than the petals.

Flowering time : July to August.