Sedum nussbaumerianum

Sedum nussbaumerianum
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Sedum nussbaumerianum at the Marsh Botanical Garden.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Genus:	Sedum
Species:	S. nussbaumerianum
Binomial name
Sedum nussbaumerianum Bitter

Sedum nussbaumerianum is a species of plant native to Mexico. Today it can also be found in Italy and on the Canary islands. Also called stonecrop, or Coppertone Sedum, it is a member of the Crassulaceae family (krass-yoo-LAY-see-ee) and the subfamily Sedoideae. (Tribe: Sedeae, Genus: Sedum) Sedum is produced SEE-dum.

Growing

These copper toned succulents grow up to 20 cm, and can bloom with small star shaped white flowers. They are rated for USDA zone 3, and take an average amount of water with full or part sun. They can be used in rock gardens. Grow from cuttings in summer or seeds in autumn.

"This plant was first discovered by Carl Albert Purpus at a sulfur spring in a ravine at Zacuapan in Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1906 or 1907 but was later described in 1923 by the German botanist Bitter who named it for Ernst Nussbaumer, the head gardener at the Bremen Botanic Garden in Germany."