Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Sedum ternatum Michx. |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 277 (1803) |
Native Range | se. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 50-1700m |
Description | leaves verticillate, entire, obovate, apically rounded, at apex of stems larger and more compact, inflorescence ramose, corolla with purple anthers, petals very narrow |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Anacampseros ternata (Michx.) Haw. Clausenellia ternata (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Sedum americanum Banks ex Pursh Sedum deficiens Donn Sedum octogonum DC. Sedum portulacoides Willd. Sedum ternatum var. minus Praeger |
Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MSO Missouri) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |