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A form of the species with green leaves and pale flowers. Plants of the World online says about S. pumilum: "The native range of this species is Caucasus. It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome." Alan Smith wrote: "Described by Marschall von Bieberstein, Flora Taurico-Caucasica 1, 381 (1808). This species virtually remained unknown in cultivation until the year 1935 when Dr. P. L. Giuseppi led a plant collecting expedition to the Caucasus. Plants of S. pumilum were found in three widely separated localities, each form having very distinct vegetative characteristics, but with floral characters remaining fairly constant - small inflorescence, individual flowers large and of a distinctive purplish-blue colour." |
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