Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime 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_sepu_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sedum_pulchellum_2_5
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sedum_pulchellum_2_5b
May
Sepals erect, distinct, light green, linear-lanceolate, unequal, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sedum_pulchellum_3
May
Petals rose-colored to white, anthers dark red, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Dan Whitten sdw_050518_s_pulchellum1
May Madison County AL
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Dan Whitten sdw_050518_s_pulchellum2
May Madison County AL
Flowers crowded on 3-7 short divergent branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Dan Whitten sdw_050518_s_pulchellum3
May Madison County AL
Leaves of flower-bearing stems linear, sagittate-spurred (spurs clasping stem), per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
2806
Forb
Winter annual
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommon
Look for it on calcareous 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/White
4 sepals (usually)
4 petals (usually)
8 stamens (usually)
FRUIT:
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p170
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p022
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p108
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p136
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p064