Sedum bulbiferum Makino

No original material of Sedum jinianum has been seen by the present authors, but the differences from S. bulbiferum, as indicated in the protologue (Acta Bot. Yunnan. 18: 297. 1996), do not seem adequate to justify the recognition of a distinct species.

Herbs perennial. Roots fibrous. Stems 7-22 cm; bulbils in leaf axils white, globose, viviparous. Proximal stem leaves opposite; leaf blade ovate-spatulate. Distal stem leaves alternate; leaf blade spatulate-oblanceolate, 10-15 × 2-4 mm, base tapered, apex obtuse. Cyme 3-branched, many flowered; branches 2-forked. Flowers unequally 5-merous. Sepals free, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-4 × ca. 1 mm, base shortly spurred, apex obtuse. Petals free, yellow, lanceolate, 4.5-5 × ca. 1.2 mm, apex mucronate. Stamens 10, ca. 3 mm. Nectar scales obovate, ca. 0.6 mm. Carpels basally connate for ca. 1 mm, apically divergent. Styles ca. 1 mm. Fl. Apr-Jul.

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan].

Shade of trees on mountains or plains; near sea level to 1000 m.

Sedum alfredii Hance var. bulbiferum (Makino) Fröderström; S. jinianum X. H. Guo.