Sedum formosanum ("Hamamannengusa")

Japanese name: ハママンネングサ （浜万年草）
Scientific name: Sedum formosanum

[Overview]
A perennial 10–25 cm tall, growing on rocks along the coast.
The stems are branched and usually tinged with red.
The leaves are simple and alternate, spatulate to obovate, 1.5–3.5 cm long and 0.6–1.6 cm wide, yellow-green without a whitish tinge, and fleshy.
The leaf base narrows into a stalk-like form.
Cymes at the stem tips bear yellow 5-petaled flowers that open in a star shape.
There are 10 stamens, and the anthers just before dehiscence are deep yellow.
The sepals have a short spur.
The branches of the inflorescence are 2–7 cm long and bear many leaf-like bracts.

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