1354

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)

Look for it on rock outcrops, mostly at high to moderate elevations, ascending to 2000m, per Weakley's Flora

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...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

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hylotelephium telephioides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hylotelephium telephioides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 091-01-009:
Sedum telephioides   FAMILY Crassulaceae