Sedum telephium subsp. telephium

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 358

(a) Subsp. telephium ( S. purpurascens Koch ): Stems 25-60 cm, erect. Leaves 5-8 cm, narrowly ovate-oblong, irregularly dentate, the upper ones truncate, the lower cuneate; not glaucous, often red-spotted. Flowers purplish-red or lilac, rarely white. Carpels grooved on outer side. Chiefly in C. & E. Europe.