Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sedum tortuosum Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 1 : 10. 1878
Perennial, shrubby, glabrous, the branches thick and tortuous. I/caves alternate, spatulate, flat, obtuse, 2.5 cm. long ; inflorescence a small terminal cyme; pedicels short; sepals free, very unequal, oblong or obovate, obtuse; petals white (?) erect (?), lanceolate, ^cute, twice longer than the sepals.
Type locality : Mexico.
Distribution : Known only from the type specimen.
- 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
