Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sedum cupressoides Hemsl. Diag. PL Nov. 1 : 11. 1878
Perennial, suffruticose, procumbent, much branched. Flowering branches erect, very slender ; leaves small, 2 mm. long, thic^, ovate, terete, densely appressed, imbricated, obtuse ; flowers sessile, solitary or 2 or 3 at the tops of branches, yellow (but described as rose-colored); calyx 5-lobed, the lobes obtuse; petals 4-5 mm. long; carpels widely spreading in age.
Type locality : Mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Distribution : Oaxaca.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, George Valentine Nash, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose, Per Axel Rydber. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
