Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

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 (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