Sedum villosum
hairy stonecrop
Family CrassulaceaeAlso called purple stonecrop
About
A small biennial to perennial stonecrop of northern and central Europe, Greenland and Iceland, with hairy, often reddish leaves and pink flowers. Unusually for a sedum it prefers damp places.
Field notes
Morphology
Leaves 3–8 mm long, often reddish and usually hairy (variety glabratum can be hairless). Flowers have five pink petals up to 5 mm long.
Distribution & habitat
Greenland, Iceland, and northern and central Europe east to Lithuania and Poland; also recorded from islands in south-eastern Canada. In Britain it reaches south to mid-Yorkshire.
Ecology
Prefers damp habitats, unlike most Sedum species.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Greenland, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, United Kingdom
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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