Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Sedum brevifolium DC. |
Bibliography | Rapp. Voy. Bot. 2: 79 (1808) |
Native Range | w. & wc. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-3000m |
Description | farinose, stems ramose, densely leafy, leaves opposite, ovate to subspherical, reddish, 4-seriate, inflorescence few flowered, flowers 8-10mm across, pedicellate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | - |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Oreosedum brevifolium (DC.) Grulich Sedum brevifolium var. cineretium Merino Sedum brevifolium var. induratum Coss. Sedum cineritium Merino Sedum dasyphyllum ssp. brevifolium (DC.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sedum nudum Schousb. ex Coss. Sedum sphaericum Lapeyr. Sedum turgidum Salzm. ex Ball |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |