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Sedum polytrichoides Hemsl. ex Hemsl. & Forb.

Description

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Herbs perennial. Sterile shoots numerous. Stems ascending, tufted, slender, 5-10 cm, woody. Leaves alternate; leaf blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 5-11 × 1-2 mm, base spurred, apex acute. Cyme 2-4-branched, many flowered. Flowers shortly pedicellate, unequally 5-merous. Sepals lanceolate-ovate, equal, 1.5-2.5 mm, base spurless, apex acute. Petals yellow, narrowly lanceolate, 5-7 mm, apex acuminate. Stamens 10, slightly shorter than petals. Nectar scales minute, base cuneate, apex broadly rounded. Carpels ± erect. Follicles stellately divergent, ovoid-oblong, 4.5-5 mm, many seeded, base connate for ca. 1.5 mm, apical beak erect, ca. 1.5 mm. Seeds oblong, less than 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 8: 244 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 8: 244 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Habitat

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Rocky slopes; ca. 1000 m.
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cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
copyright
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 8: 244 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras