Sedum japonicum

Sedum japonicum

  • Sedum japonicum
  • Sedum japonicum
  • Flower name
    Sedum japonicum
  • Scientific name
    Sedum japonicum
  • Alias雌の万年草, Sedum japonicum
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Garden, Seashore, Rice paddies
  • Flowering seasonMay, June

What is Sedum japonicum

Sedum japonicum or meno-mannengusa (scientific name: Sedum japonicum) is a creeping evergreen succulent perennial grass native to Japan, belonging to the family Crassulaceae. It grows wild along roadsides, in rice fields, low mountains, and rocky areas in Honshu to Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa. The flowers look like Sedum oryzifolium or taitogome (scientific name: Sedum oryzifolium), but they are about twice as large. However, the diameter of the flower is small, about 1cm. In early summer, the inflorescence grows and produces many yellow star-shaped flowers. It creeps and is used as a ground cover in gardens. The leaves are yellowish green, but turn red in winter.

Common name: Sedum japonicum, scientific name: Sedum japonicum, Place of origin: Japan, habitat distribution: Honshu - Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa, Japan, Habitat Distribution: Roadsides, rice fields, low mountains, rocky places, Grass Height: 10 cm, Leaf Length: 0.5-1.2 cm, Leaf Inflorescence: Alternate, Leaf shape: cylindrical, leaf color: yellowish green to red (winter),Flower inflorescence: cymose,
flower diameter: 1 cm, flowering period: May to June, Flower color: yellow; Petals: 5; Fruit type: star-shaped, Fruit type: capsule. Uses: ground cover, potted.


  • Order
    Saxifragales
  • Family
    Crassulaceae
  • Genus
    Sedum
  • Species
    S. japonicum
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cluster inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    Cylindrical
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typecreeping evergreen succulent perennial grass
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height10.0 ~ 10.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 1.0 cm

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