Sedum aizoon, SE:Gyllenfetblad, DE: Deckblatt-Fetthenne,
NL: Vetkruid, UK: Aizoon Stonecrop

Scientific name:  Sedum aizoon L.
Swedish name:  Gyllenfetblad
German name:  Deckblatt-Fetthenne
Nederlandse naam:  Vetkruid
English name:  Aizoon Stonecrop
Family:  Crassulaceae, Stonecrop Family, Fetbladsväxter

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Life form:  Perennial herb
Stems:  Height 20–40 cm, ascending to erect, reddish brown base
Leaves:  Alternate, stalkless, flat, four to eight centimeters long, slender and blunt with trubbsågad edge
Flowers:  Dense clustered cymes of yellow flowers, 5 petals, 5 sepals 10 stamens, 5 pistils
Flowering Period:  July-August
Fruits:  Follicle, 5 many seeded
Habitat:  Roadsides, rocks, walls
Distribution:   Southern, central Sweden

Sedum aizoon, Gyllenfetblad, Deckblatt-Fetthenne, Vetkruid, Aizoon Stonecrop


Derivation of the botanical name:
Sedum, Latin sedo, "to sit," in reference to the manner in which some species attach themselves to stones or walls.
aizoon, (αειζωον) Greek AEI always and zoon live, from 'ever living'; evergreen.
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

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Sedum aizoon, Gyllenfetblad, Deckblatt-Fetthenne, Vetkruid, Aizoon Stonecrop