Sedum
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Sedum is a large genus of hardy, drought-tolerant succulent plants commonly grown as ornamentals for their fleshy leaves and star-shaped flowers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sedum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4633495 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sedum Context triple: [Saxifragales, hasNotableMember, Sedum]
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A.
Mesembryanthemum
Mesembryanthemum is a genus of succulent flowering plants, often called ice plants, known for their daisy-like blooms and adaptation to arid, sunny environments.
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B.
Atriplex
Atriplex is a diverse genus of salt-tolerant flowering plants, commonly known as saltbushes or oraches, often found in arid and saline environments worldwide.
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C.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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D.
Salsola
Salsola is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, commonly known for species like tumbleweeds that thrive in arid and saline environments.
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E.
Acantholimon
Acantholimon is a genus of spiny, cushion-forming flowering plants commonly found in dry, rocky habitats across Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sedum Target entity description: Sedum is a large genus of hardy, drought-tolerant succulent plants commonly grown as ornamentals for their fleshy leaves and star-shaped flowers.
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A.
Mesembryanthemum
Mesembryanthemum is a genus of succulent flowering plants, often called ice plants, known for their daisy-like blooms and adaptation to arid, sunny environments.
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B.
Atriplex
Atriplex is a diverse genus of salt-tolerant flowering plants, commonly known as saltbushes or oraches, often found in arid and saline environments worldwide.
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C.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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D.
Salsola
Salsola is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, commonly known for species like tumbleweeds that thrive in arid and saline environments.
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E.
Acantholimon
Acantholimon is a genus of spiny, cushion-forming flowering plants commonly found in dry, rocky habitats across Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (83)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ornamental plant
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ succulent plant ⓘ |
| attracts | pollinators ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName |
stonecrop
ⓘ
stonecrops ⓘ |
| cultivationRequirement |
good sunlight
ⓘ
low water needs ⓘ well-drained soil ⓘ |
| describedAs | large genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | nectar source for insects ⓘ |
| family | Crassulaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
autumn
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annual plant
ⓘ
herbaceous perennial ⓘ subshrub ⓘ |
| habitat |
cliffs
ⓘ
dry grasslands ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ roofs and walls ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
drought tolerant
ⓘ
fleshy leaves ⓘ hardy ⓘ often evergreen ⓘ star-shaped flowers ⓘ succulent leaves ⓘ |
| hasLatex | no ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Sedum acre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sedum album NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedum kamtschaticum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedum morganianum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedum pachyphyllum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedum reflexum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedum rupestre ⓘ Sedum spectabile NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedum spurium NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedum telephium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is |
angiosperm
ⓘ
dicotyledon ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement |
alternate
ⓘ
opposite ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire ⓘ |
| leafType | succulent leaf ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Saxifragales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosynthesisType | CAM photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by leaf cuttings
ⓘ
by seed ⓘ by stem cuttings ⓘ |
| susceptibleTo | root rot in poorly drained soils ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
full sun ⓘ light shade ⓘ poor soils ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Sedum telephium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 5–60 cm ⓘ |
| usedAs |
container plant
ⓘ
erosion control plant ⓘ green roof plant ⓘ ornamental groundcover ⓘ rock garden plant ⓘ |
| usedIn |
border plantings
ⓘ
low-maintenance gardens ⓘ xeriscaping ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sedum Description of subject: Sedum is a large genus of hardy, drought-tolerant succulent plants commonly grown as ornamentals for their fleshy leaves and star-shaped flowers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.