Sedum mocinianumPérez - Calix
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : SempervivoideaeTribe : SedeaeGenus : Sedum
The specific name " mocinianum(mo - kin - ee - AY - num ) " reward Jose M. Mocino ( 1757 - 1820 ) , a Mexican botanist and a extremity of the Spanish Royal Botanical Expedition between 1787 and 1803 .
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Sedum mocinianumis asucculent plantwith leaf arranged in a dense rosette at the final stage of hang up stems . It is one of the most attractive of allSedums . The stem can grow up to 32 inch ( 80 curium ) farsighted and 0.2 inch ( 0.5 cm ) in diam . The leaves can valuate up to 1 inch ( 2.5 cm ) long and 0.4 in ( 1 centimeter ) wide . The stems , leaves , peduncle , bract , sepal , and branches of the inflorescence are densely pubescent with hyaloid hairs .
The piffling , blank , five - petaled flowers with dark carmine anthers appear bunch up into a short inflorescence in tardy wintertime and spring . They have a somewhat unpleasant , though not very secure , odor .
USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° century ) .
When growingSedums , keep in mind that these plants need very slight aid or care . They will flourish in atmospheric condition many other plants flourish in but do just as well in less hospitable areas . They are ideal for that part of your one thousand that beget too much sunshine or too little water supply to grow anything else . A common name forSedumis Stonecrop because many gardener joke that only Stone need less forethought and live longer .
Sedumis easily planted . For brusque varieties , lay the planton the terra firma where you require it to produce is ordinarily enough to start it there . They will send out roots from wherever the stem touches the terra firma and root itself . If you need to see to it the industrial plant starts there , add a very thin grunge cut across .
you could break off one of the stems for tall varieties and drive it into the earth where you desire to acquire it . The stem will rootle very easily , and a newfangled plant life will be established in a time of year or two .
See more atHow to Grow and Care for Sedum .
Sedum mocinianumis native to northernMexico . regrettably , this species was doubly distributed by ISI , both times ( ISI 174 in 1959 , then ISI 91 - 60 in 1991 ) under the wrong name , Sedum hintonii .
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