Sedum trullipetalum Hook.f. & Thomson in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 2: 102. 1858; C. B. Clarke in Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 421. 1879; R. R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 336. 1972; H. Ohba in H. Hara, Fl. E. Him. 3: 47. 1975; Grierson & D. G. Long, Fl. Bhutan 1(3): 484. 1987; Aswal & Mehrotra, Fl. Lahaul-Spiti 256. 1994; Fu Kunjun & H. Ohba in Wu Zheng-yi & P.H.Raven, Fl. China 8: 232. 2001.
Annual herb. Small tap root. Stems 5-11 cm high, suberect-decumbent, glabrous, branched. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, acute, entire, imbricate, glabrous, 4-6 x 1-2 mm. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose cyme. Flowers pentamerous, pedicel 3-6 mm. Sepals free, 0.7-3 x 0.5-1 mm, elliptic, acute, glabrous. Petals 4-10 x 0.9-2 mm, ovate, with a narrow basal appendage, acute, yellow, glabrous. Stamens 10, in two whorls, 3.5-9 mm long. Nectar scales spathulate, 0.6-1 x 0.1-0.2 mm. Carpels 5, connate at the base, 3-4 x 0.5-1 mm, style short, stigma indistinct. Follicles 5, 5-6 x 0.6-1 mm. Seeds 22-25 per fruit, small, brown, 0.8-1 x 0.15-0.2 mm.
Fl. Per.: August-September.
Type: Sikkim, 12-16000 ft., J. D. Hooker s.n. (K!).
Grows from 3000-3692 m in crevices and grasslands; Distribution: Kashmir, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and China (W.Sichuan, N.E.Xizang).
