Sedum pulchellum

Sedum pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species: S. pulchellum
Binomial name
Sedum pulchellum
Michx.

Sedum pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family known by the common names widowscross[1] and widow's cross. It is native to calcareous areas of the South-Central and Southeastern United States and where it is found on flat rock outcrops, particularly cedar glades.[2] Most populations are in the Interior Low Plateau, and Ozark and Ouachita Mountains.[3]

It produces pink-white flowers in late spring.[4] It is a winter annual, germinating in the fall and dying in the summer.[5]

References

  1. "Sedum pulchellum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. "Widow's Cross (Sedum pulchellum)". Ozarkedge Wildflowers.
  3. "Sedum pulchellum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2013.
  4. Hilty, John (2016). "Widow's Cross (Sedum pulchellum)". Illinois Wildflowers.
  5. Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C. (1977). "Germination Ecology of Sedum pulchellum Michx. (Crassulaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 64 (10): 1242–1247. JSTOR 2442487.


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