Hylotelephium sordidum




Family Crassulaceae
Subfamily Sedoideae
Tribe Sedeae
Subtribe Telephiinae
Scientific name Hylotelephium sordidum (Maximovicz) H. Ohba
Synonyms Hylotelephium sordidum (Maximovicz) H. Ohba var. oishii (Ohwi) H. Ohba et M. Amano; Sedum oishii Ohwi, Sedum sordidum Maximovicz
Common name (Japanese common name) chichippa-benkeisou (チチッパベンケイソウ, 乳葉弁慶草 [meaning: milky leaved Benkei weed (Benkei = a famous priest in medieval era of Japan)]), oh-chichippa-benkeisou (オオチチッパベンケイソウ, 大乳葉弁慶草 [meaning: large milky leaved Benkei weed)
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane rocks
Chromosomal number 2n=24 (occasionally 2n=22)
Description Scapes 10-25cm tall. Leaves 2.5-4.5cm long, 1.5-3cm wide. Flowers pale green petals ca. 3-4mm long, calyxs ca. 1mm long, flowering in September to October. Perennial plants.
Note Rare species.



Photo by Madame Popow
October 2006
at mountane roadside
in Niigata Prefecture



November 2007
at mountane roadside
in Niigata Prefecture
November 2007
at mountane roadside
in Niigata Prefecture
November 2007
at mountane roadside
in Niigata Prefecture



November 2007
at mountane roadside
in Niigata Prefecture