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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hylotelephium telephioides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

Hylotelephium telephioides

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

Hylotelephium telephioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-009:

Sedum telephioides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

Anacampseros telephioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop


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image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sete_001_lvd

        

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm220517_7900

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm220517_7904

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaves flat, obovate, 3-5cm long, glaucous, entire or with a few shallow irregular teeth, per Britton & Brown's Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions (Gleason, 1952).

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_h_telephioides1

August        VA

Skyline Drive

A rounded terminal cluster of pink flowers about 3" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_h_telephioides3

August        VA

Skyline Drive

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

Samantha Tessel    sam_ukvo8250

August    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Up to 18" tall, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

Dan Whitten    sdw_091523_hylo

September    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm231008_5827

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm231008_5847

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm231008_5853

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm231008_5854

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

The tallest Sedum of our southern mountains, with well-spaced obovate leaves 1-2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm231008_5855

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm231008_5870

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

Dan Whitten    sdw_100623_hylo10

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Petals white or pink-tinged to pinkish, with greenish keel; stamens about half as long as petals, per Flora of North America.

image of Hylotelephium telephioides, Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop

Dan Whitten    sdw_100623_hylo15

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hylotelephium telephioides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Hylotelephium telephioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-009:
Sedum telephioides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1354

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: rock outcrops, mostly at high to moderate elevations, ascending to 2000 m, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White or pink-tinged to pinkish
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens & 5 staminodia (?)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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