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Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop
Sedum pusillum
Look for it in very thin soil of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks, often in mats of the moss Hedwigia ciliata
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It will be green in full shade, but takes on color anywhere it gets more sun. — Will Stuart
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This rare succulent resembles the ubiquitous Diamorphii smallii, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.
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Each flower subtended by a leafy bract, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Lvs fleshy, alternate, in spirals, blue-green or sometimes reddish in sun, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Look for it in very thin soil (generally less than 2cm deep) of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks and other granitic outcrops
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Plants reddish, succulent. Leaves fleshy, blades obtuse & nearly circular, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Flowers in few-bracteate compound cymes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Flowers have 4 white petals and 8 stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Spectacular dense colonies in and around depressions on granitic outcrops, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.