Sedum ternatum
| Sedum ternatum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Sedum |
| Species: | S. ternatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sedum ternatum Michx. | |
Sedum ternatum is the most widespread native Sedum species in eastern North America, commonly known as woodland stonecrop.[1] It has white flowers, blooming April to May. This species grows where it can receive unimpeded sunlight year-round, including rocky places. It adapts well to garden use.
Sedum ternatum is native to much of the eastern United States, as far west as Arkansas and Iowa, south down the Appalachian Mountains, and north to near the Canadian border.
Sedum ternatum can be distinguished from other sedums, native and cultivated, which are commonly found in the United States by the white flowers with four (not five) petals, and by the leaves in whorls of three, whence the species name.[2] The plant flowers for about a month in late spring to early summer.[2]
References
- ↑ "Sedum ternatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)".