Sedum tricarpum ("Takanemannengusa")

Japanese name: タカネマンネングサ （高嶺万年草）
Scientific name: Sedum tricarpum

[Overview]
A perennial growing on rocks in the mountains.
The leaves are simple and alternate, spatulate, 2–2.5 cm long and 0.5–1 cm wide, fleshy, and flat.
It forms small rosettes and overwinters; the rosette leaves are spatulate, 2.5 cm long and 0.5–0.8 cm wide, fleshy, and flat.
A cymose inflorescence at the tip of the flower stem, which reaches 10–25 cm tall, branches freely and bears many flowers.
The flowers are yellow, 5-petaled, about 1 cm across, and open in a star shape.
The anthers are orange-red.
The pistil usually consists of 3 carpels, rarely 4.
The sepals have a very short spur.

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