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Sedum praealtum
Also called Greater Mexican Stonecrop, Shrubby Stonecrop
Sedum praealtum is a small, woody succulent shrub from Mexico, grown for its rosettes of lime-green leaves and clusters of yellow star-shaped flowers. It needs sharp drainage and sun, and is best kept as a container or rock garden plant in frost-free climates.
Sedum praealtum, also known as shrubby stonecrop or green cockscomb, is a small, woody succulent shrub in the stonecrop family that is native to Mexico.
It can be used as a bonsai due to its treelike appearance and it bears a resemblance to the Jade plant. It easily grows in rock gardens in well-drained, poor soils. Propagation can easily be done by cuttings and the plant is not cold hardy.
A spermicide developed from this plant, that helps women control birth rates without any major side effects, was around 20% more effective than nonoxynol-9. Its leaf substance has been traditionally used for burns, hemorrhoids and dysentery, gum inflammation, and as well as an eye drop for conjunctivitis and irritations.
Stonecrop · Biting Stonecrop · White Stonecrop · Sedum brissemoretii · Broad Leaved Stonecrop · Thick-leaf stonecrop · Tree stonecrop · Euxinian Stonecrop · Sedum humifusum · Spearleaf stonecrop · Needle stonecrop · Mexican stonecrop
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum praealtum 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.
