Sedum album L.

Taxonomy

Family

Crassulaceae

Genus

Sedum

Species

album

English name

Small Houseleek, White stonecrop, Sedum, Stonecrop

Italian name

Borracina bianca, Sedo bianco

Distribution

America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South Australia, New Zealand

Chorological type

Euri-Mediterranean

Habitat

The plant naturally thrives on sunny cliffs, gravels, walls, along roads and highways. It prefers well-drained, dry or moist soil. It tolerates poor soil, drought and maritime exposure, but It cannot grow in the shade. (0 - 2000 m, in Italy).

Flowering time

VI - VII

Nectar

Pollen

Pollen colour

Honeydew

Pollinators

Apoidea Apis mellifera

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES

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