Spanish Stonecrop

الحجارة الاسبانية

• COMMON NAME:Spanish stonecrop

• ARABIC:الحجارة الاسبانية

• BOTANICAL NAME:Sedum hispanicum L.

• FAMILY:CRASSULACEAE

• KIND:Native

• EMIRATE:Fujairah

• GROWTH FORMS:Succulent

• HABITATS:Slope (Rocky)

• TYPES:AnnualBiennial

DESCRIPTION:

Annual, sometimes biennial, stems erect, up to 10(-15) cm. Leaves succulent, round in cross-section, with blunt tip, 0.2-0.5-1.5 cm. Flowers in loose spray with 2-5 branches, white, sometimes with pink midrib, pointed tip, 0.3*1 cm. Fruit a very characteristic reddish star. Flowering from February to April.

REFERENCES:

M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275520-1/images