Sedum hispanicum
| Sedum hispanicum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Sedum |
| Species: | S. hispanicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sedum hispanicum L. | |
Sedum hispanicum, the Spanish stonecrop,[1] is a species of plant in the Crassulaceae family.
Description
Annual, 5-15 cm, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Stems branching. Leaves alternate, 7-10 mm, linear, rounded. Flowers usually 6-merous, sometimes 7-9-merous, in unilateral cymes. Sepals ovate-acute. Petals white, with a purple midrib, 5-7 mm, lanceolate, acuminate. Carpels stellate.
Flowering
March-June.
Habitat
Rocks.
Distribution
Coast, lower, middle and upper mountains, Beqaa, Antilebanon.
Geographic area
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine. Western Asia, Balkans, Italy, Switzerland.
Notwithstanding its specific name this stonecrop is not found in Spain. Sedum is the Latin name of the adjoining genus, Sempervivum, houseleek. It is derived from sedare, to appease, to tranquillize, since the houseleek cultivated on housetops was supposed to take away the thunder, or probably because the crushed leaves used in plasters have a sedative action.[2]
References
- ↑ "Sedum hispanicum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild Flowers Of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research,1978,pages 175,176.
- Georges Tohme& Henriette Tohme, IIIustrated Flora of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research, Second Edition 2014.