Sedum spathulifolium |
Sedum moranii |
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broad-leaf stonecrop, Pacific stonecrop, spatula-leaf stonecrop |
Rogue River stonecrop |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, mat-forming, glabrous. | Herbs, perennial, tufted, glabrous proximally, glandular-pubescent distally. | ||||
Stems | rhizomatous, procumbent or creeping, much-branched, bearing terminal rosettes. |
rootstocks, vertical, branched, (glandular), bearing terminal rosettes. |
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Flowering shoots | erect, simple, 3–14 cm; leaf blades spatulate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base not spurred; offsets not formed. |
recurved when young, simple, 13–30 cm, (glandular-pubescent); leaf blades oblong-oblanceolate, base not spurred; offsets not formed. |
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Leaves | alternate, spreading, petiolate; blade green, often glaucous or pruinose, spatulate, terete to laminar, 7–19 × 4.5–10 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex rounded or truncate, submucronate, (surfaces papillose marginally). |
alternate, ascending, sessile; blade green, glaucous when young, oblong-spatulate, laminar, 14–32 × 9–14 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex widely rounded to obtuse or emarginate, with papillose-crenulate appendage, (surfaces of proximal leaves glabrous, of distal leaves glandular-hairy). |
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Inflorescences | cymes, ca. 30-flowered, ca. 3-branched; branches not recurved, forked; bracts oblong-spatulate or linear, ca. 3 cm, base not spurred. |
cymes (sometimes appearing paniculate), 20–30-flowered, (2–)3-branched; branches not recurved, not forked; bracts similar to leaves, smaller. |
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Pedicels | 2–8 mm. |
1–3.6 mm. |
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Flowers | 5-merous; sepals spreading to erect, connate basally, green or yellow-green, glaucous or pruinose, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, oblong-ovate, or obovate, equal, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, apex acute or obtuse; petals widely spreading from short, erect base, distinct or slightly connate basally, yellow, linear to oblanceolate, not carinate, 4.5–9 mm, apex acute; filaments yellow; anthers yellow; nectar scales yellow, reniform or nearly square. |
5-merous; sepals erect, connate basally, green, ovate or lanceolate, equal, 6.5–8.5 × 3–4.5 mm, apex obtuse or acute, (glandular-pubescent); petals erect, (convolute), connate basally, sulphur yellow, oblong-lanceolate, not carinate, 12.5–16 mm, apex aristate, (glandular-pubescent); filaments greenish yellow; anthers yellow; nectar scales white or translucent, narrowly reniform. |
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Carpels | divergent in fruit, connate basally, brown. |
subdivergent in fruit, connate basally, brown. |
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2n | = 30. |
= 30. |
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Sedum spathulifolium |
Sedum moranii |
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Phenology | Flowering late May-early Jun. | |||||
Habitat | Serpentine outcrops | |||||
Elevation | 100-800 m (300-2600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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OR |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). The mature carpels of Sedum spathulifolium have five ribs and prominent lips along the adaxial suture. The flowers are sweetly fragrant. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Sedum moranii is known only from one canyon off the Rogue River in Josephine County, southwestern Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 222. | FNA vol. 8, p. 220. | ||||
Parent taxa | Crassulaceae > Sedum | Crassulaceae > Sedum | ||||
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Synonyms | Cotyledon glandulifera, Gormania glandulifera | |||||
Name authority | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 227. (1832) | R. T. Clausen: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 40. (1942) | ||||
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