Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Mountain Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop, Three-leaf 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_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.
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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 (11/30/12):
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
1355
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in moist forests, coves, bottomlands, shaded rock 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.
...Moist
...Dry
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 p170
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p272
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p033
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p107
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p022
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p081
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p098
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p108
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p137
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p063