Sedum reflexum L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Crassulaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sedum reflexum L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Fibrous-rooted perennial with much-branched, prostrate stems, forming loose mats, giving rise to many short sterile shoots and a few flowering shoots 1.5–3.5 dm; lvs lance- linear, terete or subterete, apiculate, 5–12 × 1–2.5 mm; infl nodding and subglobose in bud, concave in fr; fls (5–)7(–9)-merous; pet yellow, spreading, 5–7 mm; frs erect; 2n=108. Native of Europe and n. Afr., occasionally escaped from cult. in our range. Summer. (S. rupestre, misapplied)