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MaltaWildPlants.com by Stephen Mifsud |
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Sedum rubens (Red Stonecrop) |
Sedum rubens (CRASSULACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Sedum rubensL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 432 (1753) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Crassulaceae
DC. (The Stonecrop Family) 15 species from the Crassulaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Red Stonecrop |
Maltese name(s) : |
Beżżul il-baqra ħamra |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE ( annual plants, herbaceous )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands |
Flowering Time : |
March – June |
Colour of Flowers: |
Pink |
Name Derivation : |
Sedum:
rubens:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Rocky areas. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Erect annual 2-15 cm, glandular-pubescent above, somewhat glaucous and usually reddish. Leaves 10-20 mm, alternate, or in whorls of 4 below, patent, linear, semiterete. Flowers 5-merous, sessile, in a leafy, corymbose cyme. Petals 5 mm, sharply acuminate. Follicles usually divergent at the base but suberect in upper part, glandular-tuberculate; styles long, straight. |
Distributional range: |
S. & W. Europe, extending to Switzerland and S.W. Germany |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Belgium, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Ag Al Be(B) Bl(I M N) Bu dCa(C G H L P T) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Ga(F) Ge Gr He Hs(S) IJ It -LS Lu Ma Mk Rm Sa Si(M S) Sr Tn Tu(E) Uk(K) |
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