![]() Common name of orpine comes from the Old French word orpiment in reference to an ancient variety of sedum. Common name of live-forever is in reference to the vigorous and persistent characteristics of this plant which is easy to grow (will regenerate from a single leaf) and whose mature foliage will remain for some time on cut stems or uprooted plants without falling off. Common name of stonecrop is in reference to the fact that many hylotelephiums and sedums are typically found in the wild growing on rocky or stony ledges. Specific epithet probably also honors King Telephus. Genus name probably honor Telephus, King of Mysia and son of Hercules. Sedum telephium ‘Autumn Joy’ Family: Crassulaceae: Plant Type: Perennial, Herbaceous: Mature Size 18-24 in. However, some of the taller upright sedums including this plant and Sedum spectabile have now been separated from the genus Sedum and reassigned to the genus Hylotelephium. This plant was formerly known by the synonymous name of Sedum telephium, and continues to be listed and sold in commerce by some nurseries under the genus name of Sedum. where it has escaped cultivation and naturalized in a number of areas from Quebec to Saskatchewan plus the Yukon territory and from Maine to Minnesota south to Kansas, Alabama, and North Carolina plus Washington and Idaho. This plant is native from eastern Europe to China and Japan, but has been introduced into many other parts of the world including Canada and the U.S. Foliage and dead inflorescences often persist into winter providing some additional interest. Flower color fades to burgundy brown as the flowers age. It features (a) fleshy, flat, coarsely-toothed, elliptic, alternate (but sometimes opposite on axillary shoots), dull green to blue-green leaves (to 3” long), (b) fleshy stems and (c) tiny, star-like, pink to reddish purple flowers (to 1/2” across) which bloom from late summer to frost (August-October) in dense rounded flower heads (corymbose cymes to 3-4” across). spectabile leaves are opposite or in whorls of 3-4). AUTUMN JOY), but is primarily distinguished from H. It is often hybridized with a similar upright species known as Hylotelephium spectabile (e.g., see H. Hylotelephium telephium, commonly known as stonecrop, orpine or live-forever, is a succulent herbaceous perennial which typically grows in an upright to semi-upright mound on unbranched stems rising to 18-24” tall.
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