How to identify Jellybeans (Sedum pachyphyllum)

How to identify Jellybeans (Sedum pachyphyllum)

Jellybeans, also known as Blue jelly beans

Jellybeans is characterized by its plump, glaucous light green leaves resembling short, stumpy fingers with occasional red tips. This succulent has a low-growing habit, reaching up to 1 foot (30 cm) tall and gradually spreading by rooting stems. Its leaves can easily root when detached. During the summer, jellybeans produces clusters of cheerful yellow flowers, complementing its distinctive foliage.

Lifespan: Perennial

Plant Type: Succulent, Herb

Leaf Type: Evergreen

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Plump, glaucous light green leaves resembling short, stumpy fingers with occasional red tips.

Low-growing habit, reaching up to 1 foot (30 cm) tall and gradually spreading by rooting stems.

Leaves easily root when detached.

Clusters of cheerful yellow flowers appear in summer.

Detailed Traits of Jellybeans

Leaf Features

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate

Leaf Apex

Obtuse

Leaf Texture

Succulent/Fleshy

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Flower Features

Inflorescence Type

Cymes

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Jellybeans and Their Similar Plants

Coppertone sedum vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

The coppertone sedum is a small, succulent plant with a light green or orange appearance. It grows best in sunny environments. Originally native to Mexico, the coppertone sedum has spread around the world as a windowsill plant, and is especially popular in the Canary Islands and Italy.

Carpet sedum vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

Carpet sedum (Sedum lineare) is also known as variegated stonecrop and needle stonecrop. It’s an exceedingly low-maintenance plant. In fact, one of the reasons it’s called stonecrop is that farmers have joked that “only stones need less care than sedum.” Another reason is the plant is often found growing over stones and rocks.

Burro's tail vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

The stems of burro's tail grow upright at first, then bend when they reach a certain height and creep to the ground. This makes them perfect for planting in large hanging pots. Plant a hanging pot full of burro's tail seedlings and over time they will slowly form a "waterfall" shape.

White stonecrop vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

White stonecrop (Sedum album) is a flowering plant species that often grows in crevices or free-draining rocky soil. White stonecrop grows in temperate regions all over the world. It is adapted to grow in dry, thin soils and is often found growing on walls, dry banks, seashore rocks and in rocky meadows. This species grows low to the ground and cannot compete when there are other, fast-growing species in the same area.

Stringy stonecrop vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

Stringy stonecrop is a perennial plant with stems that can be up to 25 cm length. It has star-shaped flowers that are yellow-green. This plant is extremely easy to propagate, simply pushing one of the stems into the ground in your desired location is enough to usually cause stringy stonecrop to take root.

Goldmoss stonecrop vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

The goldmoss stonecrop is a flowering perennial with star-shaped flowers. It is commonly used in hanging baskets and other container gardens as groundcover and trailing accents. Because of its spicy and peppery flavor, the leaves and stems of this plant are used as flavor enhancers in some recipes.

Tree stonecrop vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

Tree stonecrop (Sedum dendroideum) is a perennial shrub native to Mexico. It grows best in warm, arid environments, but it can survive in cooler climates. Tree stonecrop is naturalized in California within the United States and is often cultivated in gardens.

Tiscalatengo gorge sedum vs. Jellybeans: What's The Difference?

Tiscalatengo gorge sedum tends to develop lateral buds and grow cespitose, therefore the plant can often be seen in large clusters. With sufficient light and broad temperature variation, its leaves turn a jelly-like light green or yellowish-green with red tips. When exposed to sunlight, it emits a light fruity aroma. Propagation by leaf-cutting is rarely successful, so it's generally propagated by cutting and division.

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Key Facts About Jellybeans

Attributes of Jellybeans

Lifespan

Perennial

Plant Type

Succulent, Herb

Plant Height

5 cm to 30 cm

Spread

45 cm

Leaf Color

Green

Blue

Red

Flower Size

2.5 cm

Flower Color

Yellow

Leaf type

Evergreen

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Scientific Classification of Jellybeans

Phylum

Vascular plants

Class

Dicotyledons

Order

Saxifrages, stonecrops and allies

Family

Stonecrop

Genus

Stonecrops

Species

Jellybeans (Sedum pachyphyllum)

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Distribution Map of Jellybeans

The jellybeans is native to central and southwest Mexico. It has since been introduced to Spain and is not known to be invasive. It was first discovered in the hills of Mexico. Kept for ornamental purposes in gardens, the jellybeans has a low bushy habit which makes it a great ground cover.

Native

Cultivated

Invasive

Potentially invasive

Exotic

No species reported

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