English: Showy stonecrop;
Ice plant; Butterfly stone crop; Autumn Joy.
Synonym: Sedum spectabile.
Source:
Sense provings.
Region: east Asia, northeast China, Korea
Habitat: valleys, rocky cliff, damp places along woodlands; forest margins, rocky slopes on low mountains; moderately cold-hardy plant, tolerating temperatures to -20°c; easily grown and tolerant plant; succeeds in most soils, prefers a fertile well-drained soil; prefers a sunny position; tolerates poor soils, surprisingly well in heavy clays; drought tolerant; tolerate considerable neglect, surviving even in the dense growth of weeds.
Ecology: immune to the predations of rabbits.
Content: alkaloids, sedine, sedamine.
Use: food, leaves, very mucilaginous, with a fairly bland flavour, raw or cooked; medicine; ornamental, ground cover.
BotanyHerb; evergreen; perennial; succulent; 40 cm tall, 40 cm broad.
Root: tuberous rootstock.
Stem: cluster of erect, unbranched, succulent; 30 to 70 cm tall.
Leaves: alternate, simple, toothed leaves.
Inflorescence: flat cymes; 15 cm across.
Flowers: pink; honey-like smell similar to Buddleias; star-shaped; pink; blooming in autumn.
Pollination: by bees, lepidoptera.