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Sedum villosum
Also called Hairy stonecrop, Orpin Velu
Purple stonecrop is a small, hairy, low-growing succulent native to cool northern regions, grown mainly in rock gardens and damp, cool spots. Unlike most stonecrops it prefers moist rather than dry soil.
Sedum villosum, known as the hairy stonecrop or purple stonecrop, is a biennial to perennial flowering plant. Its leaves, which are 3–8 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long and may be reddish in colour, are generally covered with hairs, although S. villosum var. glabratum may have hairless leaves. Individual flowers have five pink petals, each up to 5 mm (0.2 in) long.
It is native to Greenland, Iceland and northern and central Europe, east to Lithuania and Poland. It has also been recorded from islands in south-eastern Canada. Within Britain, it is found as far south as mid-Yorkshire. Compared to other species in the genus Sedum, it is unusual in preferring damp habitats.
Stonecrop · Biting Stonecrop · Alamos Stonecrop · Feather River stonecrop · Sedum album subsp. rupimelitense · White Stonecrop · Alfred's Stonecrop · Alpine Stonecrop · English Stonecrop · Sedum atratum · Short Leaved Stonecrop · Sedum brissemoretii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum villosum 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.
