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Hylotelephium telephium
Page Author: Don Knoke
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Image © Richard Old
Image © Richard Old
Blooms: July - September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Introduced as an ornamental, occasionally escaping.
Habitat: Shady places and woods.
Species Description:

General: Succulent perennial, the clustered, leafy, erect stems to over 6 dm. tall, often red-tinged.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, up to 8 cm. long, flattened, with coarse, rounded, shallow teeth.
Flowers: Flowers in dense, head-like, flat-topped cymes; sepals 5; petals 5, spreading, pinkish-red, whitish, greenish or yellowish; stamens 10.
Fruits: Follicles

Notes: Synonym: Sedum telephium
Accepted Name:
Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H. Ohba.
Synonyms:
(none)

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
(not treated in H&C)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Hylotelephium telephium specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Hylotelephium telephium specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Hylotelephium telephium treatment.

E-Flora BC: Hylotelephium telephium atlas page.

CalPhotos: Hylotelephium telephium images.

USDA Plants Database: Hylotelephium telephium.
Additional photographs of Hylotelephium telephium:
(click on a thumbnail to view larger photo)

Richard Old

Richard Old

Richard Old

Richard Old

Richard Old

Richard Old

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