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Sedum satumense ("Satsumamannengusa")

Japanese name: サツママンネングサ (薩摩万年草)
Scientific name: Sedum satumense

A perennial growing on rocks.
The leaves are simple and opposite, somewhat sparse, and fleshy.
They are narrowly ovate, 10–22 mm long and 6–9 mm wide, with a rounded tip and a narrowed base.
The flower stems branch from the base into many, ascending to erect.
A trichotomous cymose inflorescence at the tip of the flower stem has branches 3–4 cm long.
The inflorescence has bracts of the same shape as the leaves.
The flowers are yellow, 5-petaled, about 1.5 cm across, and open in a star shape.
There are 10 stamens, with deep yellow anthers.
The sepals have no spur.

Details

Names
Japanese: サツママンネングサ(薩摩万年草)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
May, June
Distribution or origin
Japan (Kyushu: Satsuma Peninsula)
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf margin
Entire
Inflorescence
Cyme
Number of petals
5
Flower color
Yellow
Flower diameter
15
Leaf color
Green
Designated plants
NT: Near Threatened, Endemic to Japan

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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