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Needle stonecrop

Sedum lineare

In Singapore: Variegated Star Sedum, Creme & Green Carpet Sedum, Variegated Stonecrop, Variegated Carpet Sedum, 白佛甲草 (Grown in Singapore)

Needle stonecrop
Photo: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Location credit to the Chanticleer Garden., CC BY-SA 3.0

Sedum lineare is a low, mat-forming succulent perennial from East Asia, often grown as ground cover or on green roofs. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and very little water.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply then let the soil dry out completely between waterings; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Lean, gritty, well-draining soil or mix; tolerates thin soil.
Temperature
Hardy to about -20 °C; best in cool to warm conditions, protect from prolonged waterlogging in cold wet weather.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & S. China, C. & S. Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Sedum lineare, also known as carpet sedum, needle stonecrop or sea urchin, is a sedum originating in East Asia.

It has been proposed as an ideal plant for the "greening" of flat-roofed buildings in Shanghai, China, due to factors such as its ability to tolerate cold and drought, little need for soil and its roots' lack of penetrating ability.

Other Sedum plants

Stonecrop · Biting Stonecrop · White Stonecrop · Sedum brissemoretii · Broad Leaved Stonecrop · Thick-leaf stonecrop · Tree stonecrop · Euxinian Stonecrop · Sedum humifusum · Spearleaf stonecrop · Mexican stonecrop · Small Fruited Stonecrop

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum lineare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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