Sedum album L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCrassulaceae

Taxonomy: Fam: Crassulaceae// Genus: Sedum // Species: Sedum album L.

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

Distribution: Native from Europe to the Mediterranean and Iran according to the  Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

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

Habitat: Rocky terrains, edges and clearings of oak forests.

Flowering time: Summer: JUN, JUL.

Locality: village of Pantelej, recorded on 22.06.2024.

Sedum album – habit. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – habit. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – habit. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – flowering stems. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – inflorescence. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – inflorescence. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – inflorescence. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – inflorescence. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – inflorescence. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – stem and leaves of flowering stem. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – vegetative stems. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – vegetative stems. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: village of Pantelej, recorded on 22.09.2024.

Sedum album – habit. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.09.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – habit. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.09.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – stems with leaves. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.09.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – stems with leaves. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.09.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – stems with leaves. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.09.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – stem with leaves. Osogovo, village of Pantelej region, 22.09.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: village of Beli, recorded on 18.06.2022.

Sedum album – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – flowering stem with inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – flowering stem with inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – vegetative stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – vegetative stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – vegetative stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – vegetative stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: lake “Gradche”, recorded on 21.06.2020.

Sedum album – habit in flowering stage. Osogovo, near lake “Gradche”, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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Sedum album – habit. Osogovo, near lake “Gradche”, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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Sedum album – inflorescences. Osogovo, near lake “Gradche”, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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Sedum album – inflorescences. Osogovo, near lake “Gradche”, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: lake “Gradche”, recorded on 10.04.2020.

Sedum album – habit in vegetative stage. Osogovo, near lake “Gradche”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Sedum album – vegetative stems with leaves. Osogovo, near lake “Gradche”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

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.

Sedum album L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275022-1 [Accessed 07.08.2022].

Sedum album. 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/e03855a2-a083-4fbd-81ed-bc50e125f196 [Accessed 24.01.2026].

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: 24.01.2026.