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Sedum dasyphyllum

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ663060
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Sedum dasyphyllum, also named Sedum burnatii and commonly known as Corsican stonecrop or thick-leaved stonecrop, is a low-growing succulent flowering plant of the genus Sedum in the family Crassulaceae.

Description

It is a small perennial plant with green-turquoise or gray-green opposite leaves and a creeping stem forming shrubs. Its flowers are white and small with little black dots on the petals and green ovaries. The Sedum dasyphyllum, typical of the Mediterranean region, usually grows among the rocks, especially among the tuff walls of rural areas.

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Subspecies and varieties

Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. dasyphyllum

Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. glanduliferum

Sedum dasyphyllum subsp. granatense

Sedum dasyphyllum var.

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This entry incorporates text from Sedum dasyphyllum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.