Orostachys malacophylla

Orostachys malacophylla

　　Orostachys malacophylla

　　A biennial fleshy herb. In the first year, only a rosette of leaves is produced, which are oblong to ovate in shape with blunt tips. In the second year, a flower stem grows to a height of 10–30 cm. The stem and leaves are alternate, closely spaced, and sessile, shaped like spoon-like obovate, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic, larger than the rosette leaves, reaching up to 7 cm, with purplish-red spots on both surfaces. The inflorescence is a dense, cylindrical raceme, 5–20 cm long, with five white or pale green petals that turn pale yellow when dry, ten stamens with yellow anthers, and five carpels. The fruit is an ovoid follicle.

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　　It is distributed across northeastern and northern China, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, and Russia.

　　(It is also found in the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia, as well as in Korea and Japan.)