Sedum ×rubrotinctum Clausen

Christmas Cheer

Evergreen, hairless, clumping herb. Leaves forming rosettes, spirally arranged, mostly 0.5-1.5 cm long, cylindrical, green to cherry red. Flowers in flat-topped yellow clusters but reticent in production; spring to summer.

Probably S. pachyphyllum × S. stahlii.

Garden hybrid.

Source: Stajsic, V.; Spencer, R.; Forster, P.; Thompson, A. (2002). Crassulaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Sedum ×rubrotinctum 'Aurora'

Leaves pearly pink. A chimaera variegation that often reverts to original colourings.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     [Saxifraganae]
order      Saxifragales
family       Crassulaceae
genus        Sedum L.