Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-652.15.05
Phedimus aizoon
English: Aizoon stonecrop.
Synonym: Sedum aizoon; Aizonopsis aizoon.
Content: pyrrolizidine alkaloids; alkaloids including sedine and sedamine.
Region: Asia, eastern and western Siberia, Mongolia, Russian Far East. China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: dry grassy slopes and shrub thickets, dry meadows, rock streams, scrub, ravine edges in valleys, sandy, sunny, and grassy places on mountains, shady places on slopes, field banks, rock crevices elevations from 1000 to 3100 metres; moderately cold-hardy plant, tolerating temperatures to - 15°C; succeeds in most soils, poor soils, fertile well-drained soil; drought tolerant; requires sunny position.
Ecology: immune to the predations of rabbits.
Use: Chinese medicine; leaves, edible, bitter, acrid or peppery; ornamental.
Botany
Plant; evergreen; perennial; polymorphic; 40 cm tall.
Root: carrot-shaped, tuberous rootstock
Stem: 1 to 3; erect; unbranched; 20 to 50 cm tall.
Flowers: yellow; 5 merous.
Pollination: by insects, butterflies.