Stonecrop Family [Crassulaceae] |
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22nd July 2008, Oldroyd, Todmorden, west yorkshire. | Photo: © RWD |
A low plant to 30cm with mid-green leaves and bright yellow star-shaped flowers. Stems ascend without rooting. |
22nd July 2008, Oldroyd, Todmorden, west yorkshire. | Photo: © RWD |
Gairless leaves linear to oblong. |
22nd July 2008, Oldroyd, Todmorden, west yorkshire. | Photo: © RWD |
Five petals in a star-shape. Ten stamens with orange pollen. |
22nd July 2008, Oldroyd, Todmorden, west yorkshire. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves toothed nearer leaf extremities. |
23rd July 2013, a garden, Old Clough La, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Un-opened flower buds top left. |
23rd July 2013, a garden, Old Clough La, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers turning to fruit. |
23rd July 2013, a garden, Old Clough La, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Most have five seed pods (carpels), this fruit has six. |
22nd Aug 2013, a garden, Old Clough La, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Fruits later turn pinkish-red. |
22nd Aug 2013, a garden, Old Clough La, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Pinkish-red fruits. The sepals are rounded and much more easily seen when the petals are absent. |
Slight resemblance to : Rock Stonecrop (Sedum forsterianum) which also has 5-starred yellow flowers but they are on long succulent stalks and have short leaves which are more like needles. Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature : It is a very variable plant regarding habit and leaf-shape. Some, perhaps all, of the specimens growing wild in the UK are var. middendorfianum. You are more likely to come across this plant in a garden (as these two sets above), or recently escaped from one, evading re-capture. Some, or all, specimens are var. middendorfianum Like most Stonecrops, this plant has 5 petals, which are narrow and pointed. The flowers are a brighter yellow than the similar Biting Stonecrop, but its leaves are more similar to those of the red/purple flowered Caucasian Stonecrop: spoon-shaped with deepish forward-pointing teeth. Its name is derived from the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia, presumably where it was first found.
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Sedum | kamtschaticum | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Crassulaceae |
Sedum (Stonecrops) |
Stonecrop Family [Crassulaceae] |