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Orpine
Hylotelephium telephium
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Plantae ›Phylum: Tracheophyta ›Class: Magnoliopsida ›Order: Saxifragales ›Family: Crassulaceae ›Genus: Hylotelephium
About
Sedum telephium, often called Hylotelephium telephium, orpine, livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John, witch's moneybags is a succulent perennial groundcover 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 'Herbstfreude' ('Autumn Joy'). Occasionally garden...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Orpine is Hylotelephium telephium.
- Orpine belongs to the kingdom Plantae.
- Orpine belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta.
- Orpine belongs to the class Magnoliopsida.
- Orpine belongs to the order Saxifragales.
- Orpine belongs to the family Crassulaceae.
- Orpine belongs to the genus Hylotelephium.