Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Penthoraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Ditch Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:
Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penthorum sedoides
COMMON NAME:
Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pese6_001_lvd
Sometimes included in the Saxifragaceae, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pese6_005_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_penthorum_sedoides
July Catawba County NC
Terminal cymes 1-3" long bear secund rows of greenish flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm170923_0567
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Note the angular carpels and their spreading beaks [pistils], per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm170923_0569
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves narrow, lanceolate, with finely toothed margins. Not succulent, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Penthoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penthorum sedoides
2234
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Shores, drawdown areas, moist forests, floodplain forests, moist disturbed areas, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile or short-petiolate
Margins serrate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish
5(-7) sepals
5(-7) inconspicuous petals or petals absent
10 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p124
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p279
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p112
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p067
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