Crassulaceae |
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Sedum gracile C. A. MEYER |
Sedum gracile C. A. MEYER |
Sedum gracile C. A. MEYER |
Sedum gracile C. A. MEYER |
Sedum gracile C. A. MEYER |
Sedum gracile C. A. MEYER |
Sedum L. |
S. gracile C.A.Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 151 (1831). Ic: Praeger, op. cit. f. 107 (1921). Ascending caespitose glabrous perennial with creeping caudiculi and ascending sterile shoots; flowering stems 5-10 cm. Leaves linear-oblong, terete, glabrous, spurred, alternate and densely imbricate. Inflorescence a lax, 2-4-branched, 5-15-fiowered cyme. Flowers 5-merous, subsessile; sepals c. 2 mm, obtuse; petals c. 4 mm, white with greenish mid-vein; stamens 10, anthers blackish; follicles erect or erecto-patent, glabrous. Fl. 6-8. Pinus sylvestris forest, rocky ledges, 1850-3500 m. Type: [Caucasia] in rupestribus subalpinis montis Gutgora, 1100 m, C.A. Meyer (holo. LE, photo E!). N.E. &E. Anatolia. A8 Trabzon: Soğanli pass,2500-3000 m,Fıırse4082! Rize: Çimil, 1800 m, Bal. A9 Çoruh: Kordevan Da., nr. Kutul Y., 2200 m, D. 30217! Erzurum: nr. Oltu (Grossheim 4: map 325); Kars: 12 km from Karakurt to Sarikamiş, 2000 m, D. 46585! B9 Bitlis: Süphan Da., 3000-3500 m, Frödin 102. Caucasia, N. Iran. Hyrcano-Euxine (mt.) element. Allied to S. lydium and S.pallidum. A specimen from A8 Rize: Vartar Y., 2450 m, Balls 1961! resembles S. gracile in being completely glabrous, but approaches S. pallidum var. bithy-nicum in its pinkish petals with red mid-veins and acute sepals. Sect. Sempervivoides Boiss. Annual or biennial; fertile shoots arising from basal rosettes. Leaves plane. Inflorescence corymbose or paniculate-cymose. |