Sedum adenotrichum Wall. ex Edgew.
Root slender, filiform. Rosulate leaves, sessile, fleshy, spathulate, obovate, round at the apex, entire, 6-18 x 4-6 mm. Flowering stems 5.5-15 cm high, unbranched, deciduous. Cauline leaves spathulate, or oblong, obtuse, 3-6 x 0.9-3 mm. Inflorescence a lax thyrse, 6-25-flowered, terminal. Flowers 5-merous, small, hairy; pedicel 2-10 mm long. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes oblong or narrowly elliptic, green or purple, connate at the base, fleshy, dorsal surface completely hairy, acute, 2-5 x 0.5-1.5 mm. Corolla 5-lobed, lobes oblong, acuminate, connate, pink, white, membranaceous, dorsal midrib hairy, 4-7 x 1-2.2 mm. Stamens 10, in two whorls, shorter than and adnate to the petals, 2-5 mm long. Nectar scales oblong, 0.3-1 x 0.1-0.4 mm. Carpels 2.9-4.5 x 0.5-1 mm, style slender 0.5-1 mm long, stigma capitate. Follicles 5, erect, free, 4-6 x 0.8-1.5 mm. Seeds 0.5-1 x 0.1-0.3 mm, ellipsoid, small, brown, with longitudinal striae.
Two subspecies are present in our area.
