云南石莲 yun nan shi lian

Crassula yunnanensis Franchet, J. Bot. (Morot) 10: 284. 1896; Sedum indicum (Decaisne) Raymond-Hamet var. yunnanense (Franchet) Raymond-Hamet.

Plants 5-10 cm tall. Rosette lax, 2.5-3.5 cm in diam. Basal leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.2-2.5 × 0.4-0.5 cm, with dense, white, short pubescence, apex acute to acuminate. Flowering stems 5-10 cm, densely leafy, hairy; stem leaves oblanceolate, hairy. Inflorescences corymbiform, ± dense, ca. 2.5 cm in diam.; bracts few, obovate-lanceolate, pubescent. Flowers mostly large. Sepals linear-lanceolate, ca. 1.8 mm, minutely papillate, apex obtuse. Petals yellowish green, oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-4 × ca. 1 mm, minutely papillate abaxially. Stamens shorter than petals. Nectar scales quadrate. Carpels lanceolate. Styles short. Fl. Sep-Oct.

* W Yunnan (Dali Xian).