A succulent plant-- Sedum babaoensis

Eight treasures Sedum, alias: gorgeous Sedum, Changyao Babao, Big Leaf Sedum, Babao, Huoxue Panax notoginseng, to Leaf Sedum, White flower scorpion grass. Latin name: Sedum spectabile. Sedum family, Sedum belongs to perennial succulent herbs, the underground stem is thick, the aboveground stem is clustered, sturdy and erect, the whole plant is slightly white powder, showing grayish green. It is distributed in Northeast China and North Korea. The varieties commonly cultivated are white, purplish red and rose. Florescence, from July to October. It is almost the most colorful species in Sedum family.

Sedum spectabile

Perennial herbs with carrot-shaped tuberous roots. Stem erect, 60-70 cm tall, unbranched. The whole plant is bluish white, leaves opposite or 3-4 whorled, oblong to ovate-oblong, 8-10 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide, apex acute, obtuse, base attenuate, margin sparsely serrate, subsessile. Corymbose Cymes bearing stem apex, flowers densely borne, ca. 1 cm in diam., pedicels slightly shorter or as long; sepals 5, ovate, 1.5 mm long; petals 5, white or pink, broadly lanceolate, 5-6 mm long, acuminate; stamens 10, as long or slightly shorter as petals, anthers purple; scales 5, oblong-cuneate, 1 mm long, apex emarginate; carpels 5, erect, base several separate. The florescence is from August to September.

Sedum spectabile

Born on hillside grasslands or ditches at an altitude of 450m-1800 m. Sex like strong light and dry, well-ventilated environment, but also can withstand mild shade, can withstand the low temperature of-20 ℃; do not choose soil, require good drainage, resistance to barren and drought, avoid rain and waterlogging. The plant is strong and the management is extensive. It is hardy, the open fields of East China and North China can survive the winter, and the aboveground parts wither in winter.

Like strong light and dry, well-ventilated environment, low temperature of-20 ℃; like soil with good drainage, tolerance to barren and drought, avoid rain, waterlogging and stagnant water. The plant is strong and the management is extensive.

Sedum spectabile

In the garden, it is often used to decorate flower beds with other flowers, and flower borders or pieces are planted as slope protection cover plants, which can be used as circles, squares, cloud rolls, arcs, fans, etc., and can also be used as ground cover plants to fill the vacancy that summer flowers have no ornamental value after withering in autumn. it is a good material for arranging flower beds, flower borders and decorating lawns and rock gardens.

The whole grass can be collected all year round. It can dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation and disperse blood stasis, stop bleeding and relieve pain for laryngitis, urticaria, hematemesis, infantile erysipelas, mastitis, topical treatment of furuncle, carbuncle, injury, corns, burns, poisonous insects, venomous snake bites, herpes zoster, tinea pedis.