Hylotelephium telephium

Taxobox
name = "Hylotelephium telephium"

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image_width = 204px
image_caption = subspecies "telephium"
regnum = Plantae
subregnum = Tracheobionta
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Crassulaceae
genus = "Hylotelephium"
species = "H. telephium"
binomial = "Hylotelephium telephium"
binomial_authority =
synonyms ="Sedum carpaticum" "Sedum fabaria" "Sedum telephium"

"Hylotelephium telephium" (Orpine, Livelong, Frog's-stomach, Harping Johnny, Life-everlasting, Live-forever, Midsummer-men, Orphan John, Witch's Moneybags) is a succulent perennial plant of the family Crassulaceae native to Eurasia. The flowers are held in dense heads and can be reddish or yellowish-white. A number of cultivars, often with purplish leaves, are grown in gardens as well as hybrids between this species and the related "Hylotelephium spectabile" (Iceplant), especially the popular Sedum 'Herbstfreude' ('Autumn Joy'). Occasionally garden plants may escape and naturalise as has happened in parts of North America.

There are several subspecies including:

*"H. telephium" ssp. "fabaria" - West & Central Europe
*"H. telephium" ssp. "maximum" - Europe
*"H. telephium" ssp. "ruprechtii" - North-east Europe
*"H. telephium" ssp. "telephium" - Central & East Europe

The plant has been used medicinally and also for love-divination

This species (and some of its close relatives) are sometimes still placed in the genus "Sedum"