Sedum eriocarpum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Sedum |
| Species: | S. eriocarpum
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| Binomial name | |
| Sedum eriocarpum Sm.
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Sedum eriocarpum, the purple stonecrop, is a small, annual, succulent herb, 3–6 cm high, with hairless, reddish-green stems. Leaves succulent, simple, entire, spirally arranged, hairless, stalkless, elliptical to oblong, 3–15 x 2–8 mm, green or green-reddish. Flowers actinomorphic, petals white with purplish keel. It flowers from March to May and the fruit is a follicle.[1]
Distribution and habitat
Sedum eriocarpum has been recorded in southern Greece, Turkey, the Levant and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean. It is found on rocky and stony hillsides on limestone formations at 0–600 m altitude.
References
- ^ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2
External links
- http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo257160.htm
- http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo251363.htm
- http://floraofcyprus.zzl.org/images/sedum porphyreum/DSC04488.JPG
- http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/0/E35E238470AE526AC22577AB0026BECE/$file/Sedum porphyreum-1.jpg?OpenElement
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2489439