Sedum telephium Linnaeus var. purpureum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 430. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae siccissimis." RCN: 3345.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 176, Sedum 1 α (BM) .

Current name: Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H. Ohba ( Crassulaceae).

Note: Clausen ( Sedum N. America: 541. 1975) incorrectly treated a Bauhin polynomial as the type.