Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diamorpha smallii
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve, rare plants on a large, granite outcrop by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Elf-orpine from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diamorpha smallii
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-002:
Sedum smallii
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Elf-orpine
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm170325_230
March Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdsmallii_glsy1
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdsmallii_glsy4
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080428_033
April Pickens County SC
Plants reddish, succulent. Leaves fleshy, blades obtuse & nearly circular, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
COMPARE
Elf-orpine and Puck's Orpine
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JK Marlow jkm080428_042
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080428_042c
April Pickens County SC
Flowers in few-bracteate compound cymes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm110416_742
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm110416_746
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm140426_669
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6630
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdsmallii_pc4
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Flowers have 4 white petals and 8 stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdsmallii_pc8
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdsmallii_pc9
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Spectacular dense colonies in and around depressions on granitic outcrops, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_diamorpha_smallii_2
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_diamorpha_smallii_5
April
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Tim Spira tps_dsmallii1
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diamorpha smallii
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diamorpha smallii
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-002:
Sedum smallii
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
1352
Forb
Winter annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mtns), primarily limited to granitic flatrocks of the Piedmont
Look for it in very thin soil (generally less than 2cm deep) of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks and other granitic outcrops, 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
Leaves at first crowded in a winter rosette, then alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
4 sepals
4 petals
8 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p171
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p30
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p100
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p023
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p107
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p136
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p361
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p064