Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sedum moranense
Omit the synonym.
Add the variety: Sedum moranense arboreum (Masters) Praeger, Jour. Bot. 55: 211. 1917. Sedum arboreum Masters, Gard. Chron. II. 10: 717. 1878. Stems low but erect, 15-20 cm. high; otherwise similar to the type.
63. Insert:
7a. Sedum Liebmannianum Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 12. 1878.
Perennial, procumbent and creeping, freely rooting at the joints, with ascending or
erect branches. Branches when young fleshy, green, when old completely hidden by the
white bases of the dead leaves; leaves fleshy, narrow, bright-green, 4-6 mm. long, generally
obtuse, broad at the base; flowers few, in small cymes; pedicels subsessile; sepals linear,
leaf-like; petals white, spreading; anthers purplish, oblong; scales short, retuse; ovaries
oblong, erect, longer than the styles.
Type locality: Yavesia, Oaxaca.
Distribution: Oaxaca.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1918. ROSACEAE (conclusio). North American flora. vol 22(6). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY