Sedum microstachyum
Sedum microstachyum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. 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, Flowers from June to September. Fruit a many-seeded follicle. 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. References External links http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JPvTiMx4TYA/Us0Uzip_zfI/AAAAAAAAPbQ/LDHDQZVl2As/s1600/Sedum+microstachyum+(1).JPG http://botany.cz/cs/sedum-microstachyum/ http://www.rareplants.es/shop/uploads/images_products_large/10604.jpg http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2483382 http://blog-imgs-44-origin.fc2.com/h/a/w/haworthia/s-microstachyum120325-3.jpg microstachyum Endemic flora of Cyprus Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Theodor Kotschy