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Oreosedum album (L.) Grulich
Preslia 56: 44 1984.
Family: CRASSULACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Sedum album L.
Sp. Pl. 1: 432. 1753 [1 May 1753] L.

Oreosedum album (Sedum album) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
Growing habit at Dingli cliffs. Malta. 10/1/17

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Sedum album L.
Sp. Pl. 1: 432. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Synonymy: 43
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: white stonecrop, jelly bean sedum
ARABIC ( لعربية ): سدم أبيض
ASTURIAN (Asturianu): Uva de gatu
CATALAN (Català): Crespinell blanc
CZECH (Čeština): Rozchodník bílý
DANISH (Dansk): Hvid Stenurt
DUTCH (Nederlands): wit vetkruid
ESTONIAN (Eesti): Valge kukehari
FINNISH (Suomi): Valkomaksaruoho
FRENCH (Français): Orpin blanc, Sédum blanc
GERMAN (Deutsch): Steinweizen, Weiße Fetthenne, Weißer Mauerpfeffe
HUNGARIAN (Magyar): Fehér varjúháj
ITALIAN (Italiano): Borracina bianca
NORWEGIAN (Bokmål): Hvitbergknapp
PERSIAN (فارسی): ناز سفید
POLISH ( Polski): Rozchodnik biały
PORTUGUESE (Português): Arroz-dos-telhados
SPANISH (Español): Uva de gato, arroz, arroz de pajaritos, arroz de pájaro, arroz salvaje, bálsamo, cagaperros, cebo, cebo de pajaritos, cebo de pardal, cebo de pájaro, cibaco, cojonito de gato, cojón de gato, crespinillo, cuculillo, golondrillo, granas de sapo, granos de arroz, hierba de lagarto, hierba puntera menor, huevas de lagarto, hueveriles, huevos de lagarto, lengua de pajarito, lágrimas de la Virgen, pampajarito, pampajarito grana, pan de cuco, pan de cuquiello, pan de lagarto, pan de lagartos, pan de lobo, pan de milano, pan de pajarino, pan de pajarito, pan de pajarín, pan de pájaro, pan de pájaros, pan di cucu, pan y queso, panuco, pepinillo, pipirigallo, pispájaro, planta para la cara, platanicos, platanitos, plátanos, racimillo, racimillo de los tejados, sedo, sedo menor, siempreviva, siempreviva hembra, siempreviva menor, siempreviva menor blanca, siempreviva menor hembra, trébol de pájaros, uva cana, uva canilla, uva canina, uva de culebra, uva de gato, uva de lagarto, uva de perro, uva de pájaro, uva do paxariños, uva vermicular, uvas de gato, uvas de lagarto, uvas de lobo, uvas de perro, uvas de pájaro, uvas de raposa, uvas de ratón, uvas de sapo, uvilla de lagarto, uvillas, uña de gato, uña-gato, uñas de gato, uñas de pajarillo, uñas gatas, vermicular, vermicularia, yerba canilla, yerba puntera, yerba puntera hembra, yerba puntera menor
SWEDISH (Svenska): Vit fetknopp
UKRAINIAN (Українська): Очиток білий
WELSH (Cymraeg): Briweg wen

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Sedum album group

  • Sedum album L.: forms mat-like stands and has star-like, white flowers. It is a very variable. Distribution: Europe, Mediterranean, Northern Africa, Western Asia, Iran, and Siberia. Naturalized in the USA and Canada.
  • Sedum album subs. clusianum (Gussone) J.A.Huber: has denser glandular hairiness especially in the stem.
  • Sedum album var. micranthum (Bastard) DC.: is smaller in size, with obovate leaves (width 3 mm, length 6 mm), petals up to 3 mm long and redder. Distribution: Southern part of the range.
  • Sedum album subs. rupimelitense Mifsud, R.Stephenson & Thiede: Out of flower it resembles a typical small S. album but it rarely flowers and when it does each flower only has a single whorl of stamens. Distribution: Malta (from il-Qaws to wied Moqbol).


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