Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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FAMILY
Crassulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Mossy Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
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FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
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SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
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SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-003:
Sedum acre FAMILY Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
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COMMON NAME:
Mossy Stonecrop, Wallpepper, Bitter Stonecrop, Gold-moss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seac_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum acre
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum acre
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum acre
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Sedum acre
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-003:
Sedum acre
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum acre
1349
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: rock outcrops, gravel parking lots, disturbed areas, commonly cultivated, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p186
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p063
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