Orpine
Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H.Ohba
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 69 cm
- wide
- 53 cm
Crassulaceae
Also called Witch's moneybags
Formerly Anacampseros albicans, Anacampseros albida, Anacampseros aurigerana, Anacampseros beugesiaca, and 70 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to Russian Far East and N. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 76 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pink, purple, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Smørbukk
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Smørbukk
- Asturian
- fueya'l bálsamu, Yerba callera
- Azerbaijani
- İri dovşankələmi
- Catalan
- Fabària
- Czech
- rozchodník velký
- Kashubian
- Wiôldżi niesmiertelnik
- Welsh
- Canewin
- Danish
- Almindelig Sankthansurt
- German
- Große Fetthenne
- Swiss High German
- Grosse Fetthenne
- Esperanto
- Larĝfolia sedo
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Hylotelephium telephium (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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