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Sedum cepaea

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID643ffcd76ec7c249775220
Scientific name Sedum cepaea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 431 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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Unfortunately, no reliable ethnobotanical sources document traditional teas, tinctures, decoctions, macerations, or poultices made from *Sedum cepaea* (L.). Therefore, I cannot provide the requested description.

General Uses Top

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Common products:
Sedum cepaea (L.) is cultivated for commercial sale as an ornamental perennial. Nurseries and horticultural suppliers distribute the plant in several forms—potted specimens, rooted cuttings, and seed—by growers and landscapers. It is marketed for rock‑garden and alpine‑garden displays, where its low, mat‑forming habit (typically 5–15 cm tall) and star‑shaped white flowers provide textural and seasonal interest. The species is also included in commercial low‑maintenance ground‑cover mixes and in drought‑tolerant green‑roof vegetation palettes, where its ability to establish on shallow, nutrient‑poor substrates reduces irrigation needs. Its suitability for xeriscaping and erosion control on slopes has led to its use in restoration and sustainable landscaping projects. These commercial applications are documented in horticultural catalogs, nursery trade literature, and professional landscaping guidelines for drought‑resilient plant selections.

Properties relevant to use:
Sedum cepaea possesses succulent, water‑storing leaves composed largely of parenchyma tissue (≈80–90 % water by fresh weight), a characteristic that confers high drought tolerance and reduces water requirements when used in green‑roof or ground‑cover installations. The species employs crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), allowing it to fix CO₂ at night and minimize water loss during daytime heat. Its stems root readily from leaf cuttings, facilitating rapid vegetative propagation for mass production. The compact, prostrate growth habit and dense mat formation provide effective ground coverage and help stabilize superficial soils, making it particularly useful in erosion‑control applications. These documented physiological traits—high water storage, CAM photosynthesis, and ease of vegetative propagation—underpin its commercial utility as a low‑maintenance, drought‑resilient ornamental plant.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Sedum calabrum Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1829(Adn.): 18 (1829)
Sedum paniculatum Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 83 (1779)
Sedum galioides All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 120 (1785)
Sedum amani Post Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 20 (1893)
Sedum tetraphyllum Sm. Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 309 (1809)
Sedum spathulatum Waldst. & Kit. Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 2: 108 (1803)
Sedum strictum K.Koch Linnaea 19: 42 (1846)
Sedum schwarzii Werderm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 369 (1939)
Anacampseros cepaea (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2(1): 762. 1799 [Mar 1799]
Cepaea caesalpini Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 384 (1868)

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Language Common/alternative name
English pink stonecrop
Arabic جوز البر
Arabic سدم بصلي
Bulgarian лукова тлъстига
Catalan orpin paniculé
co arba di l'ascinzioni
co erba di l'ascensione
German orpin paniculé
German rispen-fetthenne
German rispiger mauerpfeffer
French orpin pourpier
French orpin paniculé
Croatian metličasti žednjak
Lithuanian orpin paniculé
Dutch omgebogen vetkruid
Swedish orpin paniculé

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
      • Germany
      • Switzerland
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000436989
Tropicos 8901351
INPN 122140
Flora of Italy 1766
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275208-1
The Plant List kew-2482941
Open Tree Of Life 5326543
Observations.org 7438
NCBI Taxonomy 1239894
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000033756
IPNI 275208-1
iNaturalist 336107
GBIF 5690287
EPPO SEDCE
EOL 5545118
CMAUP NPO12874
Wikipedia Sedum_cepaea

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnobotanical Documentation of the Uses of Wild and Cultivated Plants in the Ansanto Valley (Avellino Province, Southern Italy) Motti R, Marotta M, Bonanomi G, Cozzolino S, Di Palma A Plants (Basel) 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10649993
doi:10.3390/plants12213690
PMID:37960047
From Biodiversity to Musketry: Detection of Plant Diversity in Pre-Industrial Peloponnese during the Flora Graeca Expedition Chimona C, Papadopoulou S, Kolyva F, Mina M, Rhizopoulou S Life (Basel) 23-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9785030
doi:10.3390/life12121957
PMID:36556322
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
Antimicrobial potential, phytochemical profile, cytotoxic and genotoxic screening of Sedum praealtum A. DC. (balsam) Boriollo MF, Marques MB, da Silva TA, da Silva JJ, Dias RA, Silva Filho TH, Melo IL, dos Santos Dias CT, Bernardo WL, de Mello Silva Oliveira N, Peters VM, Höfling JF, Spolidorio DM BMC Complement Med Ther 29-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7191818
doi:10.1186/s12906-020-02915-6
PMID:32349729
Sarmentosin epoxide, a new cyanogenic compound from Sedum cepaea Adolf Nahrstedt, Axel Walther, Victor Wray Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(82)80023-X

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Methoxybenzenes / Dimethoxybenzenes
3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-4-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-2H-furan-5-one 10523042 Click to see 368.40 unknown via CMAUP database
3-[(R)-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl(hydroxy)methyl]-4-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-2H-furan-5-one 20056151 Click to see 384.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
3-[(R)-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl(hydroxy)methyl]-4-[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-2H-furan-5-one 21592358 Click to see 370.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Tyrosols and derivatives / Tyrosols
Tyrosol 10393 Click to see 138.16 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Arylnaphthalene lignans
Chinensin 5315827 Click to see 364.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans
(+)-Lirioresinol C 11796268 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C2C3COC(C3CO2)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)OC)O)OC 418.40 unknown via CMAUP database
4-[(3S,3aS,6S,6aS)-6-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-1,3,3a,4,6,6a-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-3-yl]-2,6-dimethoxy-phenol 12309695 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C2C3COC(C3CO2)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)OC)O)OC 418.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Pinoresinol 73399 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C3COC(C3CO2)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)O 358.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans / Tetrahydrofuran lignans / 9,9-epoxylignans / Dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans
(-)-Matairesinol 119205 Click to see 358.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3R,4R)-3-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzyl)-4-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzyl)dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one 10249666 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)CC2COC(=O)C2CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC 388.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3R,4R)-3-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-4-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]oxolan-2-one 11164637 Click to see 372.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3R,4R)-4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-3-[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]oxolan-2-one 101630410 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)CC2C(COC2=O)CC3=CC4=C(C=C3)OCO4)O 356.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3R,4R)-4-[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-3-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]oxolan-2-one 101097988 Click to see 358.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3R,4R)-4-[(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methyl]-3-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]oxolan-2-one 14682324 Click to see 358.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3R,4S)-4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-3-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-3-hydroxyoxolan-2-one 14630578 Click to see 386.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3S,4S)-3-hydroxy-4-[(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-3-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]oxolan-2-one 101681939 Click to see 404.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3Z,4R)-4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-3-[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]oxolan-2-one 101630409 Click to see 354.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3Z,4R)-4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-3-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methylidene]oxolan-2-one 6506046 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C=C2C(COC2=O)CC3=CC4=C(C=C3)OCO4)OC 368.40 unknown via CMAUP database
(3Z,4S)-4-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-3-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]oxolan-2-one 643806 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)CC2COC(=O)C2=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)O 356.40 unknown via CMAUP database
[(3R,4S)-4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-3-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-2-oxooxolan-3-yl] acetate 14630580 Click to see CC(=O)OC1(C(COC1=O)CC2=CC3=C(C=C2)OCO3)CC4=CC(=C(C=C4)OC)OC 428.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Arctigenin methyl ether 384877 Click to see 386.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Arctigenin, (+)- 28125531 Click to see 372.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Bursehernin 94504 Click to see 370.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Epinortrachelogenin 14159539 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)CC2COC(=O)C2(CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)O)O 374.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Hydroxymatairesinol 10948757 Click to see 374.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Isosalicifolin 638390 Click to see 356.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Kaerophyllin 6440534 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C=C2C(COC2=O)CC3=CC4=C(C=C3)OCO4)OC 368.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Nortrachelogenin 394846 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)CC2COC(=O)C2(CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)O)O 374.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Salicifolin 101681940 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)CC2COC(=O)C2=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)O 356.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Thujaplicatin methyl ether 192827 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)CC2C(COC2=O)CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC 388.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Lignan lactones
(3R,3aR,6aR)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-3,3a,4,6a-tetrahydro-1H-furo[3,4-c]furan-6-one 16038940 Click to see 248.23 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Betulin 72326 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)CO 442.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroid lactones / Cardenolides and derivatives / Cardenolide glycosides and derivatives
Sarmutoside 120676 Click to see 548.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
(2S,3S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxirane-2-carbonitrile 162871838 Click to see 291.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(82)80023-X
2-(Hydroxymethyl)-3-[[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxirane-2-carbonitrile 4479457 Click to see 291.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(82)80023-X
Sarmentosin epoxide 441472 Click to see 291.25 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives
5,6,7-Trimethoxycoumarin 148724 Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C=CC(=O)OC2=C1)OC)OC 236.22 unknown via CMAUP database
5,7-Dimethoxycoumarin 2775 Click to see 206.19 unknown via CMAUP database
6,7,8-Trimethoxycoumarin 3083928 Click to see 236.22 unknown via CMAUP database
Methylumbelliferone 10748 Click to see 176.17 unknown via CMAUP database
Scoparone 8417 Click to see 206.19 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins
Scopoletin 5280460 Click to see 192.17 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown via CMAUP database

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