Hylotelephium telephium

Sedum telephium
S. telephium subsp. telephium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Genus:	Sedum
Species:	S. telephium
Binomial name
Sedum telephium L.
Synonyms
Anacampseros albida Haw. ex DC. Anacampseros arguta Haw. Anacampseros aurigerana Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros beugesiaca Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros borderi Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros buxicola Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros conferta Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros convexa Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros dumeticola Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros julliana Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros lapidicola Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros lugdunensis Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros monticulorum Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros navieri Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros praecelsa Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros purpurea Haw. ex DC. Anacampseros pycnantha Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros repens Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros rhodanensis Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros rubella Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros rupifraga Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros saxifraga Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros subalbida Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros triphylla Haw. Anacampseros viridula Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros vogesiaca Jord. & Fourr. Anacampseros vulgaris Haw. Hylotelephium argutum (Haw.) Holub Hylotelephium carpaticum (G.Reuss) Soják Hylotelephium jullianum (Boreau) Grulich Hylotelephium maritimum (Bohuslav) Grulich Hylotelephium purpureum (L.) Holub Hylotelephium sanguineum (Ortega) Castrov. & Velayos Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H.Ohba Hylotelephium triphyllum (Haw.) Holub Hylotelephium vulgare (Haw.) Holub Hylotelephium zhiguliense Tzvelev Sedum argutum (Haw.) Sweet Sedum carpaticum G.Reuss Sedum fabaria W.D.J.Koch nom. illeg. Sedum jullianum Boreau Sedum maritimum Bohuslav Sedum mugodscharicum Boriss. Sedum purpurascens W.D.J.Koch Sedum purpureum (L.) Schult. Sedum sanguineum Ortega Sedum triphyllum (Haw.) Gray

Sedum telephium, often called Hylotelephium telephium, orpine,livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever,midsummer-men, Orphan John, witch's moneybags is a succulent perennial groundcover of the family Crassulaceae native to Eurasia. The flowers are held in dense heads and can be reddish or yellowish-white. A number of cultivars, often with purplish leaves, are grown in gardens as well as hybrids between this species and the related Hylotelephium spectabile (iceplant), especially the popular 'Herbstfreude' ('Autumn Joy'). Occasionally garden plants may escape and naturalise as has happened in parts of North America as wildflowers.

There are several subspecies including:

The plant has been used medicinally and also for love-divination

This species (and some of its close relatives) are sometimes placed in the genus Hylotelephium.

Subspecies fabaria

Subspecies telephium

Subspecies maximum

Subspecies maximum

The cultivar 'Herbstfreude'

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