Sedum laconicum Boiss. & Heldr. 

Family: Crassulaceae

General Appearance

Sedum laconicum Boiss. & Heldr., it is a succulent perennial ascending glabrous. Sterile shoots present, sending numerous sterile rosettes which are sometimes± pedunculate on loose leafy and erect portion.  Flowering stems 5-10 cm long, bearing below the usual terminal cyme 1-3 axillary cymes. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, sessile, spurred at base, 5-10 x 2-3 mm, obtuse or slightly tapering, often reddish. Inflorescence a paniculate terminal cyme, 2-3 branched; each branch 3-8 flowered, with 1-3 lateral cymes. Flowers 5-merous, sessile or sub sessile.  Sepals ± connate at the base ovoid, 2-3 mm. Petals 4-5 mm, bright yellow, with red mid-vein. Stamens 10. Follicles glabrous, erecto-patent; styles slender.

Flowering in: Apr- May.

Life Form

Ch- Su.

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is E. Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Wadi El-Kauf, Baida, Wadi Scisa, Wadi Urdama, Chaulan 1934  (4 km) E. of El-Merj 1967  Above El-Merj 1970, 1978

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  Umm er Rezam 1934

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1981) Flora of Libya, Crassulaceae Vol. (87) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 14.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

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