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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
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Learn more about Mountain Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:
Sedum ternatum FAMILY Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum ternatum
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Stonecrop, Whorled Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sete3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110416_888
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1546
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_sedum_ternatum_1505
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_sedum_ternatum_1536
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_sedum_ternatum_1558
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sedum_ternatum_8
April
Petals elliptic-lanceolate; filaments white; anthers red or purple, per Flora of North America.
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Tim Spira tpssternatum
April
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JK Marlow jkm0405j_22
May Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080504_018
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flowers crowded on branch's upper side, with spreading petals & dark anthers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100626_150
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Leaves in whorls of 3, rarely 2 or 4 or decussate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1417
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Sedum ternatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-01-005:
Sedum ternatum
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sedum ternatum
1355
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, coves, bottomlands, shaded rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, common in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorled
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4(-6) sepals
4(-6) petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p170
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p272
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p351
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p107
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p022
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p098
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p162
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p108
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p137
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p063
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