See text Hylotelephium is a genus of flowering plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae.

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,[1] or a subgenus.

[2] Hylotelephium is one of a group of genera that form a separate lineage from Sedum, and is closely related to Orostachys, Meterostachys, and Sinocrassula.

"[5] One of Kew Garden's online databases also lists Hylotelephium as a synonym for Sedum.

'Telephium', also derived from Greek, means 'distant-lover'; the plant was thought to be able to indicate when one's affections were returned.