Sedum caucasicum (Grossh.) Boriss.

Otar Abdaladze 585	22 July 2005
Marina Chiboshvili, Temur Siukaev
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in Collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS (GEORGIA)
CRASSULACEAE
Hylotelephium caucasicum (Grossh.) H. Ohba
det. G. Nakhutsrishvili
The Republic of Georgia. Kazbegi region, Kora gorge, ca. 70
m from bridge over river Korastskali, ca. 42°33'453 N,
44°42'262 E, ca. 1886 m. (coordinates from hand-held GPS).
Rocky slope. Spiraeeto-Juniperetum. Plant cover 80%.
Campanula hohenackeri, Festuca versicolor, Hypericum
perforatum, Spiraea hypericifolia.
Stout erect perennial, 30-70 cm tall. Stems simple. Leaves
broadly ovate-oblong to ovate-orbicular, plane, sometimes
concave. Inflorescence dense. Flowers pedicellate. Petals
cream to greenish-white. Follicles glabrous.
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