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Spanish Stonecrop
Sedum hispanicum
Sedum hispanicum, the Spanish stonecrop, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae.
From the article Sedum hispanicum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Sedum hispanicum is a glabrous or somewhat pubescent annual, 5–15 cm tall. Its stems branch. Its linear leaves are alternate, 7–10 mm long and rounded. Its flowers are usually six-parted, sometimes 7–9-parted, arranged in unilateral cymes. Its sepals are ovate-acute. Its white petals have a purple midrib, and are 5–7 mm long, lanceolate and acuminate. Its carpels are stellate. It flowers from March to June.
Range & habitat
Sedum hispanicum is native from south-central and southeastern Europe to Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Notwithstanding its specific epithet hispanicum, this stonecrop is not native to Spain. It thrives in loose rocky soil with plenty of drainage.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 168738.