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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhodiola rosea ssp. roanensis   FAMILY Crassulaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhodiola rosea   FAMILY Crassulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rhodiola rosea

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Rhodiola rosea

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rhodiola rosea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-010:

Sedum rosea   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

Rhodiola roanensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Sedum rosea var. roanense

 

COMMON NAME:
Roseroot, Goldenroot, King's Crown


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image of Rhodiola rosea ssp. roanensis, Roseroot, Goldenroot, King's Crown

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rhro3_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhodiola rosea ssp. roanensis   FAMILY Crassulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhodiola rosea   FAMILY Crassulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhodiola rosea

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Rhodiola rosea

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhodiola rosea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-010:
Sedum rosea   FAMILY Crassulaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Sedum rosea var. roanense

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3246

Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: High elevation rocky summits, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Historically in NC, but not recently seen

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Summer
Staminate flowers yellowish, pistillate reddish-purple
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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