Penthorum sedoides
ditch-stonecrop, Virginia penthorum
frequently pink or reddish, especially with age, 1–6(–8) dm, stipitate glands hyaline or reddish brown and often black- or purple-tipped.
petiole absent or 1–10 mm;
blade 2–18(–24) × 0.5–4(–5.5) cm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular abaxially and adaxially, hairs black- or purple-tipped.
secund, 2–7-branched, each branch (6–)10–25(–30)-flowered.
0.5–3 mm.
hypanthium 0.5–1.5 × 1.5–3.5 mm;
sepals persistent, erect or spreading, unequal, 0.8–2 × 0.4–1 mm, margins entire or serrulate with 1–4 gland-tipped teeth per side;
filaments 1–2 mm;
anthers 0.7–1 mm;
pistil 3–4 mm;
stigmas often purple with age.
0.5–0.7 × 0.2–0.3 mm, tubercles reddish or pinkish.
= 18.
Penthorum sedoides
The seeds of Penthorum sedoides were used by the Meskwaki to make cough medicine, and the leaves were used by the Cherokee as a potherb (D. E. Moerman 1998). The species is introduced in southern British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington, where it grows in cranberry bogs.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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