大叶火焰草 da ye huo yan cao

Sedum uraiense Hayata.

Herbs annual, glandular pubescent. Stems solitary, 7-25 cm; branches many, ascending, slender, soft. Proximal stem leaves opposite or 4-verticillate, others alternate; petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade ovate to broadly so, 26-40 × 14-25 mm, base broadly cuneate and decurrent. Cyme paniculiform, few flowered. Flowers unequally 5-merous; pedicel 4-8 mm. Sepals oblong to lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, apex subacute. Petals white, oblong, 3-4 mm, apex acuminate. Stamens 10, 2-3 mm. Nectar scales broadly spatulate, apex emarginate to shallowly cleft. Carpels divergent, 2.5-5 mm. Seeds oblong-ovoid, longitudinally striate. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug.

Shady places among rocks on mountains; ca. 900 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan].