Sedum villosum

Sedum villosum, known as the hairy stonecrop[2] or purple stonecrop,[3] is a biennial to perennial flowering plant. Its leaves, which are 3–8 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long and may be reddish in colour, are generally covered with hairs, although S. villosum var. glabratum may have hairless leaves. Individual flowers have five pink petals, each up to 5 mm (0.2 in) long.[4]

Sedum villosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. villosum
Binomial name
Sedum villosum
Synonyms[1]
  • Hjaltalinia villosa (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Oreosedum villosum (L.) Grulich
  • Sedella villosa (L.) Fourr.
  • Sedum glandulosum Moris
  • Sedum insulare Moris
  • Sedum pentandrum (DC.) Boreau

It is native to Greenland, Iceland and northern and central Europe, east to Lithuania and Poland. It has also been recorded from islands in south-eastern Canada.[5] Within Britain, it is found as far south as mid-Yorkshire.[4] Compared to other species in the genus Sedum, it is unusual in preferring damp habitats.[5]

References
  1. "Sedum villosum", The Plant List, retrieved 2015-02-26
  2. "BSBI List 2007", Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25, retrieved 2014-10-17
  3. "Sedum villosum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. Stace, Clive (2010), New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5, p. 141
  5. Eggli, Urs, ed. (2003), Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae, Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-41965-5, pp. 329–330


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