Sedum sarmentosum |
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gold moss stonecrop, graveyard moss, orpin sarmenteux, stringy stonecrop |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, mat-forming, glabrous. |
Stems | creeping and ascending, branched, not bearing rosettes. |
Flowering shoots | creeping or ascending, simple, 10–25 cm; leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate-elliptic, base short-spurred; offsets not formed. |
Leaves | in whorls of 3, spreading, sessile; blade pale yellowish green, not glaucous, narrowly rhombic-elliptic to widely lanceolate, subterete, 10–25 × 4–6 mm, base spurred, not scarious, apex subacute. |
Inflorescences | dense cymes or corymbs, 8–40-flowered, (1–)2–4-branched; branches spreading to widely ascending, sometimes forked; bracts similar to leaves, smaller. |
Pedicels | absent or to 0.5 mm. |
Flowers | 5-merous; sepals spreading, distinct basally, green, widely lanceolate to oblong, often unequal, 3.5–5 × 0.8–1.5 mm, apex acute or obtuse; petals spreading, slightly connate, yellowish, lanceolate to oblong, not carinate, 5–8 mm, apex long-mucronate; filaments yellow; anthers reddish; nectar scales orange, rectangular-spatulate. |
Carpels | stellately patent in fruit, distinct, yellow-green. |
2n | = ca. 72. |
Sedum sarmentosum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Xeric rock outcrops |
Elevation | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; QC; e Asia (China) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in c, e Europe]
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Discussion | Sedum sarmentosum has flowering shoots that are usually reddish. It is naturalized in North America, and in central and eastern Europe. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 216. |
Parent taxa | Crassulaceae > Sedum |
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Name authority | Bunge: Enum. Pl. China Bor., 30. 1833 , |
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