Sedum dasyphyllum,[1][2] also named Sedum burnatii and commonly known as Corsican stonecrop[3] or thick-leaved stonecrop,[4] is a low-growing succulent flowering plant of the genus Sedum in the family Crassulaceae.
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| A Sedum dasyphyllum with flowers at a rural house in Southern Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Sedum |
| Species: | S. dasyphyllum
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| Sedum dasyphyllum | |
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Sedum burnatii | |
Description
editIt is a small perennial plant with green/turquoise or gray/green opposite leaves and a creeping stem forming shrubs.[5] Its flowers are white and small with little black dots on the petals and green ovaries. The Sedum dasyphyllum, typical of the Mediterranean region, usually grows among the rocks, especially among the tuff walls of rural areas.
Gallery
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A shrub at Buffalo Botanical Garden -
Detail of leaves -
Flowers
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Subspecies and varieties
edit- Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. dasyphyllum[6]
- Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. glanduliferum
- Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. granatense
- Sedum dasyphyllum var. microphyllum
References
edit- ^ Sedum dasyphyllum at desert-tropicals.com
- ^ (in French) Sedum dasyphyllum on tela-botanica.org
- ^ Nancy J. Ondra (15 April 2007). Foliage: Astonishing Color and Texture Beyond Flowers. Storey Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-58017-648-4. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Thick-leaved Stonecrop page on maltawildplants.com
- ^ Sedum dasyphyllum on backyardgardner.com
- ^ (in French) Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. dasyphyllum on tela-botanica.org
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sedum dasyphyllum.
Data related to Sedum dasyphyllum at Wikispecies- Sedum dasyphyllum: infos on backyardgardner.com
