Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sedum acre
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Mossy Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum acre
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-003:
Sedum acre
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mossy Stonecrop, Wallpepper, Bitter Stonecrop, Gold-moss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seac_001_lhd
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) 091-01-003:
Sedum acre
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
1349
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Commonly cultivated, rarely naturalized
Look for it on rock outcrops, gravel parking lots, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p186
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p080
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p063