Sedum microcarpum, Telmissa microcarpa,
Small-Fruited Stonecrop,
Hebrew: זערורית קטנה, Arabic: السدم صغير الثمار

Scientific name:		Sedum microcarpum (Sm.) Schonl.
Synonym name:		Telmissa microcarpa (Sm.) Boiss.
Common name:		Small-Fruited Stonecrop
Hebrew name:		זערורית קטנה
Arabic name:		السدم صغير الثمار
Plant Family:		Crassulaceae, Stonecrop Family, טבוריתיים

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Stems:		5-12 cm tall; usually unbranched
Leaves:		Alternate, cylindrical or terete
Flowers:		Sepals 0.5 mm, obtuse; 1 mm white petals
Fruits:		One-seeded, non-dehiscent nutlike fruit
Flowering Period:		January, February, March, April
Habitat:		Hard rock outcrops
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Sedum, Latin sedo, "to sit," in reference to the manner in which some species attach themselves to stones or walls. microcarpum, having small fruits or seed pods. Telmissa, Greek telmat- (telma), swamp, marsh. The Hebrew name: זערורית, tza'arurit, telmissa [Lit.: the small (plant); formed from זערורי, tza'aruri (=very small, tiny) with suffix ית, it.] The standard author abbreviation Sm. is used to indicate James Edward Smith (1759 – 1828),an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. The standard author abbreviation Schonl. is used to indicate Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793 – 1864), a German professor of medicine. The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician. According to Eggli (2003), the monotypic genus Telmissa differs from Sedum by 1-seeded carpels mainly.