Sedum spurium M.Bieb.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Crassulaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Fibrous-rooted perennial with branched, creeping stems and more erect branches (or stem-tips) 1–2 dm; lvs opposite, thick, flat, obovate or obovate-oblong, cuneate to a sessile or shortly petiolar base, 1.5–3 × 0.5–2 cm, with prominently glandular margins, coarsely crenate above; infl small, compactly branched; fls mostly 5-merous; pet white to pink or reddish-purple, 8–11 mm, spreading above an erect base; frs ± erect. Native of the Caucasus, sometimes escaped from cult. July, Aug.