Hylotelephium spectabile (Boreau) H. Ohba
Sedum, butterfly stonecrop, showy stonecrop
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Sedum spectabile Boreau
9/10/2011 · Ellen and Rod’s, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
9/10/2011 · Ellen and Rod’s, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 14″ (26 × 34 cm) ID is uncertain 
9/10/2014 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 9″ (16 × 23 cm) 
9/10/2014 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 7″ (23 × 18 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Rosales | Rose family and eight others |
| Family | Crassulaceae | Succulents that store water in leaves |
| Genus | Hylotelephium | From Greek Hylo-, ”forest“ or ”woodland,“ and (possibly) telephium, for Telephus, son of Hercules and King of Mysia |
| Species | spectabile | Spectacular |
Hylotelephium spectabile description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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