| Scientific Name: | Hylotelephium telephium (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | autumn stonecrop, sedum |
| Family Name: | Crassulaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Succulent or Cacti |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Green roof technology, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Opposite, Succulent, Lustrous, Obovate, Crenate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Pink, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Jan-Nov-Dec |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Relatively large "sedums" with unbranched fleshy stems 45-60cm tall; leaves sessile, alternate (species) or opposite (most hybrids), succulent, margin usually toothed; flowers 1-1.5cm wide, star-like, 5 petals, in cormb-like cymes 7-10cm wide, Aug-Oct.; aggreagtes of persistent follicles. | |