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 ternatum   FAMILY Crassulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

Sedum ternatum

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

Sedum ternatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:

Sedum ternatum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

Sedum ternatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop


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image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sete3_001_lvd

        

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm110416_888

April    Etowah County    AL

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm180427_1546

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

Keith Bradley    kab_sedum_ternatum_1505

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

Keith Bradley    kab_sedum_ternatum_1536

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

Keith Bradley    kab_sedum_ternatum_1558

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sedum_ternatum_8

April        

Petals elliptic-lanceolate; filaments white; anthers red or purple, per Flora of North America.

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

Tim Spira    tpssternatum

April        

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm0405j_22

May    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm080504_018

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Flowers crowded on branch's upper side, with spreading petals & dark anthers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm100626_150

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Leaves in whorls of 3, rarely 2 or 4 or decussate, per Flora of North America.

image of Sedum ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm190913_1417

September    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:
Sedum ternatum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1355

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, coves, bottomlands, shaded rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, common in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorled

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4(-6) sepals
4(-6) petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Follicle

 

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