Vasilis Teodoridis:
Crassulaceae | Sinocrassula
2. Sinocrassula ambigua (Praeger) A. Berger in Engler & Prantl; Nat. Pflanzenfam.; ed. 2. 18a: 462. 1930.
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Sedum ambiguum Praeger; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 69. 1921; S. indicum (Decaisne) Raymond-Hamet var. ambiguum (Praeger) Raymond-Hamet.
Plants perennial; glabrous. Roots fibrous. Caudex branched; ascending; slender; 3-6 cm; with sterile lateral branches. Basal leaves opposite; oblanceolate to oblong; 7-9 x 1.5-3 mm; apex obtuse. Flowering stems terminal; erect; 7-10 cm; stem leaves few; alternate or opposite; orbicular; orbicular-obovate; or orbicular-rhomboid; 0.9-1.2 x 0.9-1.2 cm; apex acute and mucronate. Inflorescences corymbiform; lax; 1.2-2.5 x 2.5-3.5 cm; bracts few; linear-oblong; apex obtuse; pedicels purple; longer than flowers. Sepals linear-lanceolate; 2.5-4 x 0.8-1 mm; apex obtuse. Petals reddish purple; ovate-triangular; apex acute. Filaments narrowly triangular; 1.1-1.3 mm. Nectar scales nearly quadrate. Carpels erect. Styles short. Seeds oblong-ovoid. Fl. May-Sep.
* Rocks on slopes; 2000-3000 m. SW Sichuan; NW Yunnan.