Sempervivum tectorumL.

common houseleek

WFO wfo-0000441750 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. a Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 205495272
Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by Chiara Catalano
fig. b Chiara Catalano, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 204077210
Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202772250
Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by Attila Oláh
fig. d Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201203300
Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by ahabo
fig. e ahabo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200181636
Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199375408
Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. g Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199374706
Sempervivum tectorum, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. h Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 197575596

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Sempervivum tectorum is native: Albania, Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Spain, Switzerland AlbaniaAustriaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.SpainSwitzerland
Native distribution of Sempervivum tectorum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 53 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sedum majus Garsault
  • Sedum tectorum (L.) Scop.
  • Sempervivum acuminatum Schott
  • Sempervivum adoxum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Sempervivum affine Lamotte
  • Sempervivum alpinum Griseb. & Schenk
  • Sempervivum ambiguum Lamotte
  • Sempervivum andreanum Wale
  • Sempervivum beugesiacum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Sempervivum boissieri hort. ex Baker
  • Sempervivum boutignyanum Billot & Gren.
  • Sempervivum brachiatum Lamotte
  • Sempervivum breviramum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Sempervivum brevistylum Lamotte
  • Sempervivum celsicaule Jord. & Fourr.
  • Sempervivum clusianum Ten.
  • Sempervivum compactum Lamotte
  • Sempervivum crassifolium Salisb.
  • Sempervivum decoloratum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Sempervivum fuscum Lehm. & Schnittsp.
  • Sempervivum glaucum Ten.
  • Sempervivum juratense Jord. & Fourr.
  • Sempervivum laetevirens Jord. & Fourr.
  • Sempervivum lamottei Boreau

and 29 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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