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Definition of Sedum telephium
1. Noun. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Sedum
Generic synonyms: Sedum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedum Telephium
Literary usage of Sedum telephium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"sedum telephium, L.—East, EDS Gloss. B. 20. Harping Johnny is another (Ncrf.)
form of the same name. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"sedum telephium L. Sp. Pl. 43o. 1753. Live- Perennial, stems erect, stout, simple,
tufted, glabrous and slightly glaucous, 1°-1Y° high. ..."
3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1807)
"SEDUM Telephium. Orpine. ... Cal. 5-cleft. Petals 5, with 5 nectariferous scales
at the base of the germen. Capsules 5, superior. SYN. sedum telephium. ..."
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