At altitudes between height 2 500-2 700 m and occurs Sinocrassula representative of the genus (according to the distribution of IOS). According to another division is a genus Sedum subgenus Sinocrassula (A. Berger, R. Stephenson). The generic name "yunnanensis" indicates the location of - China, Yunnan province. It is a plant with leaves in a dense rosette, with a diameter of about 4 cm. odnožující often, creating a crowded clumps.

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In the south of China, covers a large province of Yunnan, an area of ​​394,000 km with a population of 44 million. The province borders especially in the northwest provinces of Tibet, with countries in South Vietnam and Laos. Geologically, the province is very different, although the cause is the only one. Meetings of boards of India and the Eurasian bloc was to highlight the Himalayas. To the east of the province are karst, limestone mountains with tropical climate.

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This Japanese Stonecrop got me from the first day I got it into his collection. Few species creates a striking, bright rose from zelelné čárkovitých, leských sheets with a characteristic, a central longitudinal groove. Sedum is rupifragum polovzpřímeným species. Slightly procumbent stems are erect at the ends to a height of 8 cm. Leaves persist in the upper two thirds.

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Sedum, originating from the Caucasus, Sedum gracile, the small growth and its bright green, glossy, whitish čárkovitými leaves and flowers on the inflorescence is a two-arm interchangeable with other commonly grown, polštářovitými species. It is hardy, evergreen species, up to 5 cm tall, relatively zimuvzdorný and thanks to its expansion and alpine zone is relatively chladnomilný.

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Phedimus selskianus, a type derived from peripheral regions of China and Russia, where it grows on rocky hillsides and forest clearings. Sedum selskianum is very exceptional in its unmistakable look and a different species. Unlike other plants, is a species in all parts finely hairy. The narrow hairy leaves, flowers and ciliary densely downy stems are the main points of identification. The flowers are yellow, like Sedum species kamtschaticum.

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When I started studying the genus Sedum in more detail, I realized that it is not easy to orient you in some very similar species. Such is certainly phedimusy. Not only that this group is relatively difficult for beginning farmers, the "confusion" in recent years podprorují and breeders are still new cultivars. So, how do I accumulate different types in the collection, I had the opportunity to compare the plants themselves. On this basis, I have created a key that helped me in the initial orientation between species.

The key to determining the type Phedimus

Sedum hirsutum ssp baeticum is the kind that is sometimes known as Sedum Winkler. This is a wonderful sedum growing in Spain, and Morocco Giblartaru. At first glance its massive cones formed of succulent leaves, which are linked by strong radiating, surface stolony. Sedum hirsutum ssp baeticum is very decorative and definitely noticeable.

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