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Stonecrop

Phedimus

Also called False Stonecrops

Stonecrop
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent

About

Phedimus is a genus of the succulent family Crassulaceae (stonecrop family), with about 18 species, distributed in eastern Europe and Asia. The genus is described with two subgenera, but one of these is also recognized as a separate genus, Aizopsis. Phedimus kamtschaticus (syn. Sedum kamtschaticum) is widely grown as an ornamental ground cover and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Where it grows

Subgenus Phedimus, Mediterranean to Caucasus. Subgenus Aizoon China, Japan, Korea and central Siberia.

Other Phedimus plants

Aizoon Stonecrop · Daeam Stonecrop · Broad Leaf Rock Pine · Kamchatka Stonecrop · Phedimus selskianus · Caucasian stonecrop · Starry Stonecrop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phedimus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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