Red stonecrop

Sedum rubens

Sedum rubens is a small erect therophyte (annual herb), 2-15 cm, glandular-hairy especially in the upper parts, greyish-green, usually glaucous, and eventually becomes reddish. The flowering-stem is branched 2 to four times above and bears several white or rarely pink flowers in spring.
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Appearance

The flowers are star-shaped, have 5 white pinkish petals with a deep red keels, and are held in a 2-4 branched, leafy inflorescence. Fruits are also hairy, pointed at tip, star-shaped. The leaves are in whorls of 4, alternate in the upper parts, succulent, elongate, semi-cylindrical (flat at the upper surface) 10-20 mm long.

Distribution

Sedum rubens is widespread in central and southern Europe as well as North Africa, Canary Islands (probably introduced), Asia Minor and the Near East.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderSaxifragales
FamilyCrassulaceae
GenusSedum
SpeciesSedum rubens
Photographed in
Bulgaria