Accession Data

Sedum suaveolens

Common Name: Sweet-smelling Sedum

Family: Crassulaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico

Description: Sedum suaveolens has the highest known chromosome count for a flowering plant, at 2n=640, and one of the largest chromosome numbers for any plant.

Accession Data

Accession #: 202400069

Accession Date: 2024-08-01 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2211

Quantity: 1

Source: Matt Opel

Provenance:

Matt Opel, via plant swap at Conn. CSS meeting

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Saxifragales

Family: Crassulaceae

SubFamily: Sempervivoideae

Tribe: Sedeae

SubTribe: Sedinae

References

    Eggli, Urs ed. 2003. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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Sedum suaveolens