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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pulchellum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

Sedum pulchellum

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

Sedum pulchellum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sedum pulchellum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sedum vigilimontis

 

COMMON NAME:
Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop


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image of Sedum pulchellum, Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sepu_001_lvd

        

image of Sedum pulchellum, Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sedum_pulchellum_2_5

May        

image of Sedum pulchellum, Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sedum_pulchellum_2_5b

May        

Sepals erect, distinct, light green, linear-lanceolate, unequal, per Flora of North America.

image of Sedum pulchellum, Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sedum_pulchellum_3

May        

Petals rose-colored to white, anthers dark red, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Sedum pulchellum, Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop

Dan Whitten    sdw_050518_s_pulchellum1

May    Madison County    AL

image of Sedum pulchellum, Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop

Dan Whitten    sdw_050518_s_pulchellum2

May    Madison County    AL

Flowers crowded on 3-7 short divergent branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Sedum pulchellum, Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop

Dan Whitten    sdw_050518_s_pulchellum3

May    Madison County    AL

Leaves of flower-bearing stems linear, sagittate-spurred (spurs clasping stem), per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum pulchellum   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum pulchellum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum vigilimontis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2806

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: calcareous rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Uncommon

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/White
4 sepals (usually)
4 petals (usually)
8 stamens (usually)

FRUIT:
Summer?
Follicle

 

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