Sedum aetnense Tineo

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCrassulaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Creassulaceae// Genus: Sedum// Species: Sedum aetnense Tineo

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1998) and Webb (1964 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Annual succulent. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to South and East Europe, West and Central Asia according to the  Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat:  Open habitats – dry grassland, rocks and rocky terrains with shallow soil. Found in the southern slopes of the mountain. Other Sedum species growing in the same habitat are Sedum caespitosum (Cav.) DC., Sedum hispanicum L. and Sedum urvillei DC.

Flowering period: Spring (APR).

Locality: village of Pripor.

Sedum aetnense – habit in habitat. Village of Pripor region, 31.03.2024. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense. Village of Pripor region, 31.03.2024. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense. Village of Pripor region, 31.03.2024. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense. Village of Pripor region, 31.03.2024. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense. Village of Pripor region, 31.03.2024. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River.

Sedum aetnense – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Sedum aetnense – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Sedum aetnense – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Scaled images from the gorge of “Kochanska” River.

Sedum aetnense – habit. Specimens from the Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense – habit. Specimen from the Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo  by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: hills between Kochani and Orizari.

Sedum aetnense –  habit in  habitat. Hills between Kochani and Orizari, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum aetnense –  habit. Hills between Kochani and Orizari, 11.04.2021.Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. 1998. Sedum L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 4. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1050–1069.

Sedum aetnense. Marhold, K. 2011+: Crassulaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f5279f43-46e8-44b8-a2ec-8f0166bf2502 [Accessed 19.01.2026].

Sedum aetnense Tineo. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275006-1 [Accessed 07.04.2021].

Webb, D. A. 1964. Sedum L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 356–363.

Last update: 19.01.2026.