NameThatPlant.net: Penthorum sedoides

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Penthoraceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:

Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Crassulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Penthoraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 091-02-001:
Penthorum sedoides FAMILY Crassulaceae

2234

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shores, drawdown areas, moist forests, floodplain forests, moist disturbed areas, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile or short-petiolate
Margins serrate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish
5(-7) sepals
5(-7) inconspicuous petals or petals absent
10 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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