Hylotelephium maximum (L.) Holub (syn. Sedum maximum (L.) Suter)

Taxonomy: Fam: Crassulaceae// Genus: Hylotelephium // Species: Hylotelephium maximum (L.) Holub.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1998) and Webb (1964 in Tutin et al.) as Sedum maximum (L) Suter. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011) is Hylotelephium maximum (L.) Holub.

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia in Russia, Caucasus and Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Lifeform: Perennial succulent. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Habitat: River gorges, edges and clearings of forests – on rocks.

Flowering period: Late summer- autumn: SEP, OCT.

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River, recorded on 06.10.2024.

Hylotelephium *maximum* – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River, recorded on 22.09.2020.

Hylotelephium *maximum* – habit in flowering stage. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River, recorded on 10.04.2020.

*Hylotelephium maximum* – habit in vegetative stage. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Hylotelephium maximum (L.) Holub. Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274211-1 [Accessed 10.07.2021].

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

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.

Hylotelephium maximum. 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/c7966fe7-6848-42d1-8a49-af87bf40c7ef [Accessed 24.01.2026].

Hylotelephium maximum. Marhold, K. (2011): Crassulaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. https://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=56515&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 10.07.2021].

Last update: 24.01.2026.

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