Hylotelephium telephium
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Hylotelephium telephium
Hylotelephium telephium (Orpine, Livelong, Frog's-stomach, Harping Johnny, Life-everlasting, Live-forever, Midsummer-men, Orphan John, Witch's Moneybags) is a succulent perennial plant 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 Sedum 'Herbstfreude' ('Autumn Joy'). Occasionally garden plants may escape and naturalise as has happened in parts of North America. 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 still placed in the genus Sedum <gallery> Image:Sedum fabaria a5.jpg|Subspecies fabaria Image:Sedum telephium 240808b.jpg|Subspecies telephium Image:Sedum telephium subsp maximum 200807.jpg|Subspecies maximum Image:Hylotelephium telephium Sturm42.jpg|Subspecies maximum </gallery>
da:Almindelig Sankthansurt de:Große Fetthenne es:Sedum telephium fr:Hylotelephium telephium it:Sedum telephium nl:Hemelsleutel pl:Rozchodnik karpacki fi:Isomaksaruoho sv:Kärleksört Source: Wikipedia | The above article is available under the GNU FDL. | Edit this article
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