Sedum aizoon Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 430. 1753; Aizopsis aizoon (Linnaeus) Grulich; Sedum aizoon var. floribundum Nakai; S. aizoon var. glabrifolium (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; S. pseudoaizoon Debeaux; S. selskianum Regel & Maack var. glaberrimum Kitagawa; S. selskianum var. glabrifolium Kitagawa; S. yantaiense Debeaux.

Plants smooth. Leaves leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, or ovate-oblanceolate, 1.2-2 cm wide, apex acute. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.

The plants are used medicinally.

Scrub, ravine edges in valleys, field banks, rock crevices; 2500-3100 m. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang [Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Russia].