Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Penthoraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Ditch Stonecrop from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:
Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penthorum sedoides
COMMON NAME:
Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pese6_001_lvd
Sometimes included in the Saxifragaceae, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_penthorum_sedoides
July Catawba County NC
Terminal cymes 1-3" long bear secund rows of greenish flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm170923_0567
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Note the angular carpels and their spreading beaks [pistils], per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
JK Marlow jkm170923_0569
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves narrow, lanceolate, with finely toothed margins. Not succulent, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Penthoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Penthorum sedoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:
Penthorum sedoides
FAMILY
Crassulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penthorum sedoides
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