Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sedum greggii Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 1 : 12. 1878
Perennial, glabrous; flowering branches slender, 7-15 cm. tall. Leaves elliptic to.obovate-oblong, imbricated, obtuse, 4-7 mm. long; sterile branches apparently prostrate or ascending, shorter than the flowering ones ; flowers yellow, about 10 mm. broad, sessile or very short-pedicelled, 3-5 together in a simple terminal cjmie ; calyxsegments oblong to elliptic, obtuse ; petals ovate-lanceolate, keeled, acute, twice as long as the calyx ; filaments filiform ; scales linear-oblong ; carpels 5, ovoid, tipped with long subulate styles.
Type locality ; Real del Monte, Mexico. Distribution : Hidalgo ; San Luis Potosi ; Tamaulipas.
- 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
