Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum pulchellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sedum pulchellum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum pulchellum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum vigilimontis
COMMON NAME:
Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pulchellum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum pulchellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sedum pulchellum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum pulchellum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum vigilimontis
2806
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: calcareous rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/White
4 sepals (usually)
4 petals (usually)
8 stamens (usually)
FRUIT:
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
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p022
- 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) p136
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p064