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Sedum naviculare Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 42. 1903
Annual ; stems simple or branching at base, glabrous, purplish, 5-10 cm. long ; basal leaves not seen. Stem-leaves scattered, "spatulate, concavo-convex," obtuse, glabrous, 210 mm. long; inflorescence of 2 or 3 more or less elongated, one-sided racemes; flowers scattered, subsessile or sometimes very distinctly pedicelled ; sepals linear, nearly equal, green, 1.5-3 mm. long; petals free to the base, purplish, ovate-lanceolate, 4 mm. long, obtuse ; stamens 10, all decidedly shorter than the petals, those opposite the petals attached to them above the base; anthers short, purple; scales 5, alternating with the sepals, very distinct, 0.6 mm. long, narrowly-club-shaped ; follicles erect, glabrous.
Type locality : Sierra de Tepoxtlan, Morelos, Mexico. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
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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
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Sedum jaliscanum S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 25 : 148. 1890
Annual, diflusely branching, glabrous, 5-10 cm. high. I/caves spatulate, 1-3 cm. long including the slender petiole, thin, obtuse; flowers solitary and axillary (forming a leafy equilateral raceme); pedicels short, 2 mm. long or less; sepals distinct, unequal, leaf-like, the longer ones 6 mm. long; petals white, 3 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; anthers purplish; scales minute ; carpels erect.
Type locality: Near Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Distribution : Jalisco.
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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
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