Hylotelephium verticillatum

Description

Hylotelephium is a genus of flowering plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. It includes about 33 species distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America. Species in the genus, formerly included in Sedum, are popular garden plants, known as "sedum", "stonecrop", "live-for-ever" or "orpine". Horticulturalists have hybridized many of the species to create new cultivars. Many of the newer ones are patented, so may not be propagated without a license. Hylotelephium is one of a group of genera that form a separate lineage from Sedum, and is closely related to Orostachys, Meterostachys, and Sinocrassula.[2] According to the Missouri Botanic garden, "Upright Sedums were at one point separated into the genus Hylotelephium, but are now generally included back in the genus Sedum." Kew Garden's online database now lists Hylotelephium as a synonym for Sedum.