Sedum bracteatum Viv., it is an annual, green or reddish glandular-hispidate or glabrous herb, erect, up to 3-10 cm long, simple, ± densely leafy. Leaves oblong-linear, 10 x 2.5 mm, alternate, sessile, not or little spurred, obtuse and largely papillose at the top. Inflorescence uniparous cyme, ± arcuate-recurved, 3-8 flowered. Bracts similar to leaves, ovoid, 3.5 x 2-4 mm. Flowers 5-merous, 7-8 mm across, sub sessile or with pedicels 0.5-2 mm long. Sepals greenish to reddish, connate at the base, triangular, 1-2 mm long, sub-acute or little acuminate. Petals 5-5 .5 mm long, Stamens 10, sub equal, shorter than the petals; anthers sub globose, blackish purple, 0.5-0.7 mm long. Nectariferous scales rctuse or emarginate. Follicles 5, erect star-like.
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