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Sedum microstachyum
Species of plant in the family Crassulaceae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sedum microstachyum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae.[1][2] It is referred to by the common name small-spiked stonecrop. It is an erect, succulent, monocarpic herb, with an unbranched stem up to 40 cm high. Leaves succulent, simple, entire, glandular, hairy, reddish in sunny positions, sessile, the basal crowded in rosettes, spathulate-linear 3-7 x 0.5-1.5 cm, the higher smaller, spirally arranged. Flowers actinomorphic, small, reddish or greenish, in a cylindrical panicle, flowering from June to September. Fruit a many-seeded follicle.[3]
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Habitat
Rock crevices on igneous formations at 1500–1900 m altitude.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus, confined to the Troödos forest where it is fairly common: Chromion, Khionistra, Loumata, Aeton and Troödos Square.
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