OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum pusillum   FAMILY Crassulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pusillum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sedum pusillum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Sedum pusillum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-001:

Sedum pusillum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sedum pusillum

 

COMMON NAME:
Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop


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image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Keith Bradley    kab_sedum_pusillum_3194

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Keith Bradley    kab_sedum_pusillum_3209

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

Each flower subtended by a leafy bract, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Keith Bradley    kab_sedum_pusillum_3287

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Will Stuart    wil_2357964476_026194ec9e

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

It will be green in full shade, but takes on color anywhere it gets more sun. — Will Stuart

image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Will Stuart    wil_8615228746_cb9c7aef9e

April    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

This rare succulent resembles the ubiquitous Diamorphii smallii, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).


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image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmspusillum_far2

May    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmspusillum_far3

May    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

Found on granite outcrops in shallow soil & partial shade, oft under cedar, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Sedum pusillum, Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmspusillum_fruitfar

May?    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

Lvs fleshy, alternate, in spirals, blue-green or sometimes reddish in sun, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum pusillum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pusillum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum pusillum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Sedum pusillum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-001:
Sedum pusillum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum pusillum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1350

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: In very thin soil (generally less than of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks, often in mats of the moss Hedwigia ciliata, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, spirally arranged

FLOWER:
Spring
White
4 sepals
4 petals
8 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Follicle

 

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