Magnificent sedum plant
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Magnificent stonecrop ( Hylotelephium spectabile ) |
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The magnificent sedum plant ( Hylotelephium spectabile ) is a species of the genus Hylotelephium .
features
The magnificent sedum plant is a perennial herbaceous plant that is succulent , has a tuber root rhizome and reaches heights of 30 to 50 centimeters. The leaves, which are usually arranged opposite or in threes, have blue frosting, are simple and more or less wedge-shaped at the base; they have a length of 2.5 to 10 and a width of 0.8 to 5 cm. The leaf margin is smooth or serrated towards the tip. Stipules are missing.
The many-flowered, zymous inflorescence is about 7 to 11 cm wide. The hermaphrodite, radial symmetry flowers have a diameter of about 1 cm and are usually five-fold. The sepals are about 1 cm long. The petals are (rarely 5) usually 6 to 8.5 millimeters long. There are two circles of 6 to 8 mm long stamens , which are significantly longer than the petals. The anthers are purple. The free carpels are about 3 mm long. The stylus is about 1.2 mm long. This self-fertile species is pollinated by insects. The flowering period extends from August to October.
Upright follicles are formed that ripen from September to October. The seeds are short winged.
Systematics and distribution
The magnificent sedum plant occurs in northeast China and Korea on rock and gravel fields.
The first description as Sedum spectabile was in 1866 by Alexandre Boreau . In 1977 this species was placed by Hideaki Ohba, in Bot. Mag. 90: 46, Tokyo, in the new genus Hylotelephium , which had around 33 species .
use
The magnificent sedum plant is often used as an ornamental plant in perennial beds and borders, as a cut flower and as a forage plant for bees. It was introduced to France in the mid-1860s. In 1868 the plant, often with the false name Sedum fabaria , was passed on to England and Germany and marketed through nurseries. There are many varieties.
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literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
- Heinz-Dieter Krausch : Kaiserkron and Peonies red ... Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-34412-8 .
