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Sedum eriocarpum

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Species of succulent

Sedum eriocarpum
Sedum eriocarpum subsp. spathulifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species: S. eriocarpum
Binomial name
Sedum eriocarpum
Sm. (1809)
Subspecies

9; see text

Synonyms
  • Sedum glaucum var. eriocarpum (Sm.) Boiss. (1872)

Sedum eriocarpum, the purple stonecrop, is a small, annual, succulent herb, 3–6 cm high, with hairless, reddish-green stems. Leaves succulent, simple, entire, spirally arranged, hairless, stalkless, elliptical to oblong, 3–15 x 2–8 mm, green or green-reddish. Flowers actinomorphic, petals white with purplish keel. It flowers from March to May and the fruit is a follicle.

Distribution and habitat

Sedum eriocarpum has been recorded in mainland Greece, Turkey, the Levant and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean. It is found on rocky and stony hillsides on limestone formations at 0–600 m elevation.

Subspecies

9 subspecies are accepted.

  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. apertiflorum 't Hart – northern and central Greece
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. caricum (Carlström) 't Hart (synonym S. caricum Carlström) – Turkey and Rhodes
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. cycladicum Kit Tan & Polymenakos – Aegean Islands
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. delicum (Vierh.) 't Hart (synonyms S. delicum (Vierh.) Carlström and S. rubens subsp. delicum Vierh.) – southern Greece and Cyclades
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. epiroticum (Bald.) 't Hart – western Greece
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. eriocarpum – southern Greece and adjacent islands
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. orientale 't Hart – Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. porphyreum (Kotschy) 't Hart (synonym S. porphyreum Kotschy) – Cyprus
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. spathulifolium 't Hart – western and west-central Crete

References

  1. ^ "Sedum eriocarpum Sm". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2

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Taxon identifiers
Sedum porphyreum
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