Round-leaved sedum plant

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Round-leaved sedum plant
Round-leaved stonecrop (Hylotelephium anacampseros)

Round-leaved stonecrop ( Hylotelephium anacampseros )

Systematics
Order : Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family : Thick-leaf family (Crassulaceae)
Subfamily : Sempervivoideae
Tribe : Sedeae
Genre : Sedum ( Sedum )
Type : Round-leaved sedum plant
Scientific name
Hylotelephium anacampseros
( L. ) H. Ohba

The Rundblättrige fat hen ( Hylotelephium Anacampseros (L.) H.Ohba ; Syn .: Sedum Anacampseros L. ) is a plant from the genus of Hylotelephium , which were formerly to the genus of sedum ( Sedum has counted).

Round-leaved stonecrop ( Hylotelephium anacampseros ), illustration

features

The round-leaved sedum plant is a bare, perennial succulent plant that reaches heights of 10 to 30 centimeters. The succulent stems rise up arching. There are some stems that are not flowering and are densely leafed towards the tip. The alternate, sessile leaves are flat, fleshy, elliptical-lanceolate to ovate-round, blunt, with entire margins.

The umbellate to hemispherical inflorescence is multi-flowered. The hermaphrodite flower is fivefold. The sepals are 3 to 4 millimeters long. The dirty-red petals are elongated, 4 to 5 millimeters long and below they are blue-purple with a green keel. The tip is hood-shaped.

The flowering period extends from June to August.

Round-leaved stonecrop ( Hylotelephium anacampseros )

The five follicles per flower are 4 millimeters long and have a 1 millimeter long, thin tip.

The species is hexaploid and has the number of chromosomes 2n = 36.

Occurrence

This plant species occurs in the Alps from the Maritime Alps to the Venetian Alps, as well as in the Pyrenees and the Apennines . It can be found subalpine to alpine at altitudes of 1400 to 2500 meters on rocks, rubble and lawn over lime-poor soils. The species does not occur outside of Europe.

literature

  • Gunter Steinbach (Ed.): Alpine flowers (Steinbach's natural guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1 .

supporting documents

  1. Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen, Raino Lampinen, Arto Kurtto: Atlas florae europaeae . Volume 12 (Resedaceae to Platanaceae). Page 77, Helsinki 1999. ISBN 951-9108-12-2

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