Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sedum sarmentosum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Stringy Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum sarmentosum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-004:
Sedum sarmentosum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Stringy Stonecrop
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sedum_sarmentosum
May
Yellow flowers about 0.5" wide. Escaped from cultivation in much of e. US, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Gill Newberry gn08_sedum_sarmentosum
August
Creeping stems form mats; the thick lvs flattened & usually in whorls of 3, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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) 091-01-004:
Sedum sarmentosum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
1351
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: China
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it on xeric rock outcrops, 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
Whorls of 3
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
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p136
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p063