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stonecrops
Sedum
Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops. The genus has been described as containing up to 600 species, subsequently reduced to 400–500. They are leaf succulents found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, but extending into the southern hemisphere in Africa and South America. The plants vary from annual and creeping herbs to shrubs. The plants have water-storing leaves. The flowers usually have five petals, seldom four or six. There are typically twice as many stamens as petals. Various species formerly classified as Sedum are now in the segregate genera Hylotelephium and Rhodiola.
Well-known European species of Sedum are Sedum acre, Sedum album, Sedum dasyphyllum, and Sedum hispanicum.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Section Sedum
subgenusSedum
Gormania
subgenusGormania
yellow stonecrop
speciesSedum nuttallii
Elf Orpine
speciesSedum smallii
Alfred Stonecrop
speciesSedum formosanum
Christmas-cheer
hybridSedum × rubrotinctum
Sedum actinocarpum
speciesSedum actinocarpum
Sedum tetractinum
speciesSedum tetractinum
Chinese woodland stonecrop
speciesSedum emarginatum
Sedum tenellum
speciesSedum tenellum
Sedum stellariifolium
speciesSedum stellariifolium
Small-Fruited Stonecrop
speciesSedum microcarpum
Sedum jaliscanum
speciesSedum jaliscanum
Alfred's Stonecrop
speciesSedum alfredi
Sedum gracile
speciesSedum gracile
Sedum drymarioides
speciesSedum drymarioides
Sedum cyprium
speciesSedum cyprium
Sedum pubescens
speciesSedum pubescens
Sedum monregalense
speciesSedum monregalense
Sedum brachyrhinchum
speciesSedum brachyrhinchum
Sedum taiwanianum
speciesSedum taiwanianum
Sedum brissemoretii
speciesSedum brissemoretii
Sedum sasakii
speciesSedum sasakii
Least Stonecrop
speciesSedum lydium
Wooly-fruited Stonecrop
speciesSedum eriocarpum
Sedum borissovae
speciesSedum borissovae
Sedum nokoense
speciesSedum nokoense
Sedum erythrospermum
speciesSedum erythrospermum
Sedum magellense
speciesSedum magellense
Sedum fragrans
speciesSedum fragrans
Sedum lampusae
speciesSedum lampusae
Sedum microstachyum
speciesSedum microstachyum
Idaho stonecrop
speciesSedum valens
Sedum subtile
speciesSedum subtile
Sedum confertiflorum
speciesSedum confertiflorum
Sedum sekiteiense
speciesSedum sekiteiense
Havard's Stonecrop
speciesSedum havardii
Sedum hangzhouense
speciesSedum hangzhouense
Sedum oligospermum
speciesSedum oligospermum
Sedum ruwenzoriense
speciesSedum ruwenzoriense
Sedum creticum
speciesSedum creticum
Sedum praesidis
speciesSedum praesidis
Sedum przewalskii
speciesSedum przewalskii
Borsch Stonecrop
speciesSedum borschii
Sedum crassularia
speciesSedum crassularia
Sedum tianmushanense
speciesSedum tianmushanense
Sedum triangulisepalum
speciesSedum triangulisepalum
Sedum truncatistigmum
speciesSedum truncatistigmum
Sedum assyriacum
speciesSedum assyriacum
Sedum beauverdii
speciesSedum beauverdii
Sedum tarokoense
speciesSedum tarokoense
Sedum taiwanalpinum
speciesSedum taiwanalpinum
Sedum microsepalum
speciesSedum microsepalum
Sedum ignescens
speciesSedum ignescens
Sedum grisebachii
speciesSedum grisebachii
Sedum lancerottense
speciesSedum lancerottense
Sedum kwanwuense
speciesSedum kwanwuense
Sedum filipes
speciesSedum filipes
Sedum jerzedowskii
speciesSedum jerzedowskii
Sedum modestum
speciesSedum modestum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.654
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.213
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.496
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.729
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.374
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.527
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.183
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.66
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.835
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.67
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.68
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.832
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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 55735.