Sedum 



Crassulaceae 



513 



50 



Map 1062 



Sedum telephioides Michx 



115. CRASSULACEAE DC. Orpine Family 



Plants succulent; calyx lobes 4 or 5; petals evident; stamens 8 or 10; carpels 4 or 5, 

 separate (in ours) 3161. Sedum, p. 513. 



Plants not succulent; calyx lobes 5 (sometimes 6); petals usually lacking; stamens 10; 



carpels mostly 5 (sometimes 4 or 6) , united at the base 



3173. Penthorum, p. 514. 



3161. SEDUM [Tourn.] L. Stonecrop 



Flowers yellow; leaves very thick, ovate, mostly about 5 mm long; perennials. . 1. S. acre. 

 Flowers white, pinkish, or purplish. 



Stem leaves almost terete, linear, obtuse, slightly auriculate at the base, mostly 

 1.5-2 cm long; leaves of winter rosettes spatulate, about as long as the stem 

 leaves; winter annuals. (See excluded species no. 280, p. 1054.) . .S. pulchellnm. 

 Stem leaves, and those of sterile shoots, flat. 



Margins of blades more or less dentate; flowers colored. 



Stem, branches, and pedicels narrowly winged on opposite sides 



2. 5. telephioides. 



Stem, branches, and pedicels terete, not winged. (See excluded species no. 281, 



p. 1055.) S. Telephium var. purpureum. 



Margins of leaves entire; flowers white. 



Stem leaves, at least some of them, in whorls of 3 3. S. ternatum. 



Stem leaves alternate or spirally arranged. (See excluded species no. 279, 

 p. 1054.) S. Nevii. 



1. Sedum acre L. Goldmoss. Map 1061. Reported as an escape in 5 

 counties. I found it as a common plant over an acre or more in shallow 

 soil on the bank of Pipe Creek in Cass County at Pipe Creek Falls and 

 near the old mill at Dora in Wabash County. When it escapes from cultiva- 

 tion, it will persist if it finds rocky soil or a wall of stone. 



Nat. of Eurasia ; N. S. to Out. and Ind., southw. to Va. and N. Y. 



2. Sedum telephioides Michx. WILD LlVEFOREVER. Map 1062. We now 

 have specimens of this species from three counties. Dr. Clapp found it 

 "on the cliffs of the Ohio above Utica, Clark County. Sept. 22, 1837." He 

 said he found it in only two localities. I saw his specimens in the herbaria 



