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Crassulaceae
Sedum

not marked as a favorite taxon *Sedum acre Linnaeus. Common name: Wallpepper, Mossy Stonecrop, Golden Carpet, Gold-moss, Bitter Stonecrop. Phenology: May-Jun; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Rock outcrops, gravel parking lots, disturbed areas, commonly cultivated. Distribution: Native of Europe.

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Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl2, FNA8, G, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Va, W, WH3, WV, Clausen (1975); = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Sedum acre L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Sedum acre - FNA8

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image #1 of Sedum acre© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Creeping, mat-forming perennial of rock outcrops, gravel parking lots and other disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems prostrate but flowering shoots stiffly erect, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate and overlapping, sessile, oval, to 1/4 in. long, fleshy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in short-branched clusters at ends of flowering shoots, yellow, star-shaped and 3/8 in. wide, with 5 spreading, pointed, lance-shaped petals, 5 sepals, 10 stamens and a 5-parted ovary.

Fruits: Fruit a cluster of 5 tiny, beaked capsules.

Comments: Native to Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia; commonly cultivated in N. America.

Height: 1-3 in.

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description: Creeping, mat-forming perennial of rock outcrops, gravel parking lots and other disturbed areas.

stems: Stems prostrate but flowering shoots stiffly erect, smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate and overlapping, sessile, oval, to 1/4 in. long, fleshy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in short-branched clusters at ends of flowering shoots, yellow, star-shaped and 3/8 in. wide, with 5 spreading, pointed, lance-shaped petals, 5 sepals, 10 stamens and a 5-parted ovary.

fruits: Fruit a cluster of 5 tiny, beaked capsules.

comments: Native to Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia; commonly cultivated in N. America.

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