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Sedum rupestre L.

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Sedum rupestre L., Sp. Pl. 431-432 (1753)
Sedum rupestre L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
431-432
ICN
Sedum rupestre L.
species
Sedum rupestre

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rupestre

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Glabrous, perennial herb, forming very loose mats; stems numerous, freely rooting at nodes, decumbent with ± erect apical parts to c. 7 cm high. Lvs alternate, sessile, densely crowded and imbricate in a cone-like cluster occupying the terminal 2-3 cm of stem, c. 10-25 × 1.2-2.5 mm, c. 1 mm thick, linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, with lower surface convex and upper surface flat, with angular, entire margins, green or possibly sometimes glaucous-white; apex obtuse or acute. Infl. terminal, usually 8-22 cm high, with numerous, long, leaflike bracts along main rachis; cyme corymbose, usually 2.5-6 cm across, with 2-5 forked branches. Fls numerous, ± subsessile, secund. Sepals ± equal, 2-3 mm long, triangular or triangular-ovate. Petals 5, ± patent, c. 4-5 × 1-1.5 mm, elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, yellow, subacute. Stamens 2.5-3.5 mm long; filaments yellow; anthers yellowish. Carpels and styles ± yellow. Scales ± rectangular-oblong, longer than wide. Follicles yellow, ± parallel. Seed c. 0.7 mm long, ellipsoid, papillate but not longitudinally ribbed.
Glabrous, perennial herb, forming loose mats; stems numerous, freely rooting at base, decumbent with ± erect apical parts to c. 10 cm high. Lvs alternate, sessile, crowded and imbricate along upturned part of sterile shoots and not concentrated near apex or forming rosettes, c. 7-17 × 1.5-2.5 mm and 1-1.5 mm thick, subcylindric and subterete with upper and lower surfaces convex and no obvious margins, ± glaucous, occasionally deep green; apex sharply acute or mucronulate. Infl. terminal, usually 15-30 cm high, with numerous leaflike bracts along main rachis, often > vegetative lvs, corymbose, usually 2.5-5 cm across, dense, with 3-5 forked branches. Fls numerous, with pedicels to 2 mm long, ± secund. Sepals slightly unequal, 2-3 mm long, triangular-ovate or oblong-ovate. Petals usually 5, ± patent, 5-6 × 1.7-2 mm, elliptic, narrowly or lanceolate-elliptic, yellow, ± obtuse. Stamens 4.5-6 mm long; filaments yellow; anthers yellowish. Carpels and styles greenish yellow. Scales ± rectangular (wider than long) to square. Follicles yellow, ± parallel. Seed c. 0.8-1 mm long, ± ellipsoid, longitudinally ribbed; ribs ± papillate.

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Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
Sedum rupestre L.
Sedum reflexum sensu Webb et al.
Sedum rupestre L.
Sedum rupestre L.
Sedum rupestre L.
Sedum rupestre L.

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New Zealand
Otago Land District
Sedum rupestre L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Sedum rupestre L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Sedum rupestre L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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29 April 2003
29 May 2009
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