Hylotelephium
Hylotelephium is a genus of flowering plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. It includes about 33 species distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Species in the genus, formerly included in Sedum, are popular garden plants, known as sedum, stonecrop, live-for-ever, or orpine. Horticulturalists have hybridised many of the species to create new cultivars. Many of the newer ones are patented, so may not be propagated without a license.
Taxonomy
Hylotelephium telephium and related species have been considered in a number of different ways since first being described by Linnaeus in 1753, including as a section of Sedum by Gray in 1821, or a subgenus. But these taxa are quite distinct from Sedum morphologically.Hylotelephium is one of a group of genera that form a separate lineage from Sedum, and is closely related to Orostachys, Meterostachys, and Sinocrassula.
The separation and recognition of Hypotelephium as a genus separate from Sedum has varied over time. As of March 2025, Plants of [the World Online] and World [Flora Online] both recognise the genus Hylotelephium, with both documenting 28 accepted species. In horticulture, plants may often still be referred to as Sedum, with which they remain closely related.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Hylotelephium:| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
| Hylotelephium anacampseros | Southwestern Europe | |
| Hylotelephium angustum | ||
| Hylotelephium × bergeri | ||
| Hylotelephium bonnafousii | ||
| Hylotelephium callichromum | ||
| Hylotelephium cauticola | Hokkaido, Japan | |
| Hylotelephium cyaneum | ||
| Hylotelephium erythrostictum | Japan, Korea, Russia and China. | |
| Hylotelephium ewersii | ||
| Hylotelephium maximum | ||
| Hylotelephium mingjinianum | ||
| Hylotelephium pallescens | China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia | |
| Hylotelephium pluricaule | ||
| Hylotelephium populifolium | ||
| Hylotelephium sieboldii | Japan | |
| Hylotelephium sordidum | ||
| Hylotelephium spectabile | China and Korea. | |
| Hylotelephium sukaczevii | ||
| Hylotelephium tatarinowii | ||
| Hylotelephium telephioides | USA extends from Georgia to Illinois and New York, and it has introduced populations in Ontario. | |
| Hylotelephium telephium | Eurasia. | |
| Hylotelephium tianschanicum | ||
| Hylotelephium uralense | ||
| Hylotelephium ussuriense | ||
| Hylotelephium verticillatum | China, Japan, Korea, Russia | |
| Hylotelephium viride | ||
| Hylotelephium viviparum |