Lenophyllum Reflexum
Lenophyllum 'Reflexum'
as per ICN: REFLEXUM S.S.White, 1941 (engl./ fr.) Distribution : Mexico (Tamaulipas) First description (in „Bulletin of the Torrey Botan. Club 1941, LXVIII : 496) : Succulent perennial herb. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 4.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, acute, flat or convex above, mostly reflexed. Mature leaves on living plants suffused with purple, specially below, young leaves bright green. Inflorescence paniculate, many-flowered, with slender branches, turning reddish-purple when dry. Flowers remote, nearly or quite sessile, subtended by deciduous bracts 3 mm long, perianth yellowish-green, sepals 4 mm long, oblong, acute, petals 6 mm long, oblanceolate, acute.
Contributed by @gardentagssucculentexpert
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Lenophyllum 'Reflexum'
Latin name
Lenophyllum Reflexum
type
Perennial
family
Crassulaceae
ph
4.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Lenophyllum Reflexum
as per ICN: REFLEXUM S.S.White, 1941 (engl./ fr.) Distribution : Mexico (Tamaulipas) First description (in „Bulletin of the Torrey Botan. Club 1941, LXVIII : 496) : Succulent perennial herb. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 4.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, acute, flat or convex above, mostly reflexed. Mature leaves on living plants suffused with purple, specially below, young leaves bright green. Inflorescence paniculate, many-flowered, with slender branches, turning reddish-purple when dry. Flowers remote, nearly or quite sessile, subtended by deciduous bracts 3 mm long, perianth yellowish-green, sepals 4 mm long, oblong, acute, petals 6 mm long, oblanceolate, acute.
Flowering
From Mid Summer TO Mid Autumn
Most sedum flower through the summer months and into early Autumn
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant divisions or seeds in Spring
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seeds in Spring
Propagating by division
From Mid Spring TO Late Summer
Dividing plants for propagation can be done at any time during the growing season, and divisions will grow readily.