Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Penthoraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Ditch Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Penthorum sedoides
COMMON NAME:
Ditch Stonecrop, American Penthorum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pese6_001_lvd
Sometimes included in the Saxifragaceae, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_penthorum_sedoides
July Catawba County NC
Terminal cymes 1-3" long bear secund rows of greenish flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm170923_0567
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Note the angular carpels and their spreading beaks [pistils], per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
JK Marlow jkm170923_0569
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves narrow, lanceolate, with finely toothed margins. Not succulent, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Penthoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Penthorum sedoides