*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.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl2, FNA8, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Va, W, WH3, WV, Clausen (1975); = n/a – Tat
Links to other floras: = Sedum acre - FNA8
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
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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