Sedum Sedum, Hudson

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 361

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FE69-FE6B-CFBD-FA2C4EE7C210
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scientific name	Sedum Sedum
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29. S. anglicum Hudson View in CoL , FZ. Angl. ed. 2,196 (1778).

Glabrous, laxly caespitose perennial with creeping stems bearing short nonflowering shoots and flowering stems up to 15 cm, but usually much less. Leaves 3-5 mm, cylindrical, ovoid or subglobose, gibbous, spurred, alternate, often pink. Flowers 5-merous, usually rather crowded in a small cyme with 2-3 branches. Sepals free, spurred; petals 2-5-4-5 mm, acute to acuminate, pink or white; stamens 10, with blackish anthers; follicles red, suberect. Calcifuge. W. Europe, extending to S. W. Sweden. Br G a H b Hs Lu No Su. Variable in the southern part of its range: three subspecies, differing chiefly in size can be recognized. 1 Flowering stems 10-15 cm; leaves c. 5 mm; cymes lax (b) subsp. pyrenaicum

1 Flowering stems seldom more than 7 cm; leaves 3-4(-5) mm;

cymes short, dense

2 Flowering stems 2-3-5 cm, very slender; petals c. 3 mm (c) subsp. melanantherum

2 Flowering stems 3-7 cm, stouter; petals 4-4-5 mm (a) subsp. anglicum