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Your search found 11 taxa in the family Crassulaceae, Stonecrop family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

Common Name:
Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sedum pusillum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sedum pusillum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum pusillum 091-01-001 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it in very thin soil of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks, often in mats of the moss Hedwigia ciliata
Rare, endemic to granite flatrocks of the southeastern Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Elf-orpine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Diamorpha smallii FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Diamorpha smallii FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum smallii 091-01-002 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it in very thin soil (generally less than 2cm deep) of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks and other granitic outcrops
Uncommon (rare in Mtns), primarily limited to granitic flatrocks of the Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Mossy Stonecrop, Wallpepper, Bitter Stonecrop, Gold-moss
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sedum acre FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sedum acre FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum acre 091-01-003 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on rock outcrops, gravel parking lots, disturbed areas
Commonly cultivated, rarely naturalized
Non-native: Europe

Common Name:
Stringy Stonecrop
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sedum sarmentosum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sedum sarmentosum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum sarmentosum 091-01-004 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on xeric rock outcrops, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: China

Common Name:
Mountain Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sedum ternatum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sedum ternatum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum ternatum 091-01-005 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it in moist forests, coves, bottomlands, shaded rock outcrops
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Cliff Stonecrop
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Sedum glaucophyllum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sedum glaucophyllum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum nevii 091-01-006 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on rock outcrops, usually basic and/or sedimentary
Rare, endemic to the Central and Southern Appalachians (extending into the Piedm
Native to North Carolina

Common Name: Nevius's Stonecrop
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Sedum nevii FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sedum nevii FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on gneiss rock outcrops on river bluffs
Rare (an endemic)
Native to Georgia

Common Name:
Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Hylotelephium telephioides FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hylotelephium telephioides FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum telephioides 091-01-009 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on rock outcrops, mostly at high to moderate elevations, ascending to 2000m
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas

Common Name: Roseroot
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Rhodiola rosea FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhodiola rosea FAMILY: Crassulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sedum rosea 091-01-010 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on high elevation rocky summits
Rare
Native to North Carolina

Common Name:
Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sedum pulchellum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sedum pulchellum FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on calcareous rock outcrops
Uncommon
Native to Georgia

Common Name:
Ditch Stonecrop, American Penthorum
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Penthorum sedoides FAMILY: Penthoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penthorum sedoides FAMILY: Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penthorum sedoides 091-02-001 FAMILY: Crassulaceae
Look for it on shores, drawdown areas, moist forests, floodplain forests, moist disturbed areas, ditches
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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