Sedum glaucophyllum R.T.Clausen
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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, the stems tufted, spreading or prostrate, branched, with more erect flowering shoots to 1 dm; lvs blue-green or pale green, alternate, entire, somewhat flattened (generally at least twice as wide as thick), oblanceolate to spatulate, narrowed to a petiole-like base, or linear upwards, with a short, truncate basal spur, divergent, becoming recurved; infl of 2–4 short, widely divergent or recurved, secund, sympodial cymes; fls mostly 4(5)-merous; pet white, widely spreading, 5–8 mm; filaments only very shortly adnate to the pet; frs divaricate; 2n=28, less often 44, 56. Rocky places, mainly in the mts.; Md., Va., W.Va., and nw. N.C. Apr.–June. Closely allied to S. nevii A. Gray, which has thicker lvs, more closely striate seeds, and 2n=12, and is confined to the s. end of the s. Appalachian Mts., beyond our range.