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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum sarmentosum   FAMILY Crassulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum sarmentosum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sedum sarmentosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Sedum sarmentosum

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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image of Sedum sarmentosum, Stringy Stonecrop

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Sedum sarmentosum, Stringy Stonecrop

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum sarmentosum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum sarmentosum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum sarmentosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Sedum sarmentosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-004:
Sedum sarmentosum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1351

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Xeric rock outcrops, stone walls, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle

 

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