Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
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Learn more about Mountain Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:
Sedum ternatum FAMILY Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum ternatum
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sete3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110416_888
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1546
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_sedum_ternatum_1505
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_sedum_ternatum_1536
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_sedum_ternatum_1558
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sedum_ternatum_8
April
Petals elliptic-lanceolate; filaments white; anthers red or purple, per Flora of North America.
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Tim Spira tpssternatum
April
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JK Marlow jkm0405j_22
May Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080504_018
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flowers crowded on branch's upper side, with spreading petals & dark anthers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100626_150
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Leaves in whorls of 3, rarely 2 or 4 or decussate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1417
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum ternatum
1355
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, coves, bottomlands, shaded rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, common in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorled
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
4(-6) sepals
4(-6) petals
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p170
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p272
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p351
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p107
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p022
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p098
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p162
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p108
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p137
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p063