Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Hylotelephium telephioides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Allegheny Live-forever from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hylotelephium telephioides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-009:
Sedum telephioides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anacampseros telephioides
COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sete_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7900
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7904
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_telephioides1
August VA
Skyline Drive
A rounded terminal cluster of pink flowers about 3" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_telephioides3
August VA
Skyline Drive
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_telephioides5
August VA
Skyline Drive
Up to 18" tall, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Samantha Tessel sam_ukvo8250
August Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Tallest Sedum of our southern mtns, w well-spaced obovate leaves 1-2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Hylotelephium telephioides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hylotelephium telephioides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-009:
Sedum telephioides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anacampseros telephioides
1354
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in NC-SC
Look for it on rock outcrops, mostly at high to moderate elevations, ascending to 2000m, 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.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Whitish
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p111
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p216
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p081
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p099
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p064