9; see text Sedum eriocarpum, the purple stonecrop, is a small, annual, succulent herb, 3–6 cm high, with hairless, reddish-green stems.

Leaves succulent, simple, entire, spirally arranged, hairless, stalkless, elliptical to oblong, 3–15 x 2–8 mm, green or green-reddish.

Flowers actinomorphic, petals white with purplish keel.

[2] Sedum eriocarpum has been recorded in mainland Greece, Turkey, the Levant and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean.

It is found on rocky and stony hillsides on limestone formations at 0–600 m elevation.