Hylotelephium spectabile
Hylotelephium spectabile | |
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Inflorescence | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Core eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Hylotelephium |
Species: | H. spectabile |
Binomial name | |
Hylotelephium spectabile (Boreau) H.Ohba | |
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Hylotelephium spectabile (formerly called Sedum spectabile) is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, native to China and Korea. Its common names include showy stonecrop, ice plant,[2] and butterfly stonecrop.[3] Growing to 45 cm (18 in) tall and broad, it is an herbaceous perennial with alternate, simple, toothed leaves on erect, unbranched succulent stems. The star-shaped pink flowers are borne in flat cymes 15 cm (6 in) across, in fall (autumn).[4]
The specific epithet spectabile means "showy".[5]
This plant is valued in cultivation as drought-tolerant groundcover. Numerous cultivars have been produced. The species[6] and the cultivar 'Brilliant'[7] have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ↑ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy". Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Sedum spectabile". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant'". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
External links
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Wikiversity has bloom time data for Sedum spectabile on the Bloom Clock |