Hylotelephium anacampseros
| Hylotelephium anacampseros | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Hylotelephium |
| Species: | H. anacampseros
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| Binomial name | |
| Hylotelephium anacampseros (L.) H.Ohba
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Hylotelephium anacampseros, the love-restoring stonecrop, is a species of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. This perennial plant grows on sunny rocky terrains, in mountains of southwestern Europe.
Description
They are succulent perennial plants with thick, woody underground stems. They have both erect flowering stems and sterile shoots, the latter ending in a tuft of leaves. They grow up to 10 – 30 cm in height.[1][2]
Leaves (12–30 mm long, 5–12 mm wide) have a rounded to spatulate shape, with entire margin and obtuse apex, narrowed at the base, sessile, fleshy, glaucous green in color, alternate.[1][2]
Flowers are grouped in shperical, compressed cymes resembling corymbs. They have 5-6 obtuse petals 8–12 mm long, red or purple on the upside, lilac with a green keel on the underside; and 5-6 acute sepals 4 mm long.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
It is a southwestern European species, growing in sunny, rocky habitats with siliceous soil from 1000 to 2700 m above sea level.[1][2]
Ecology
Hylotelephium anacampseros is a perennial plant species that flowers from June to August.[1][2]