NameThatPlant.net: Sedum glaucophyllum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sedum glaucophyllum FAMILY Crassulaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Cliff Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum glaucophyllum FAMILY Crassulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-006:
Sedum nevii FAMILY Crassulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN -
Sedum nevii

COMMON NAME:
Cliff Stonecrop

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image of Sedum glaucophyllum, Cliff Stonecrop

Keith Bradley kab_s_glaucophyllum_9136

May Bedford County VA

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves pale green or bluish-green, sometimes with a glaucous coating, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

Keith Bradley kab_s_glaucophyllum_9139

May Bedford County VA

Blue Ridge Parkway

Petals 4, spreading, lanceolate; filaments white; anthers dark red-purple, per Flora of North America.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sedum glaucophyllum FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum glaucophyllum FAMILY Crassulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-006:
Sedum nevii FAMILY Crassulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN -
Sedum nevii

3244

Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare, endemic to the Central and Southern Appalachians (extending into the Piedm

Look for it on rock outcrops, usually basic and/or sedimentary, per Weakley's Flora

map
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/Summer
White
Flowers are sessile.
Bisexual
4-merous
4 sepals
5 petals
8 stamens

Inflorescence a cyme

FRUIT:
Summer

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