OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penthorum sedoides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Penthorum sedoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Penthorum sedoides

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

Penthorum sedoides   FAMILY Crassulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Penthorum sedoides

 

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


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image of Penthorum sedoides, Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pese6_001_lvd

        

Sometimes included in the Saxifragaceae, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Penthorum sedoides, Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pese6_005_lvd

        

image of Penthorum sedoides, Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_penthorum_sedoides

July    Catawba County    NC

Terminal cymes 1-3" long bear secund rows of greenish flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Penthorum sedoides, Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm170923_0567

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Note the angular carpels and their spreading beaks [pistils], per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

image of Penthorum sedoides, Ditch-stonecrop, American Penthorum, Marsh-stonecrop

JK Marlow    jkm170923_0569

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves narrow, lanceolate, with finely toothed margins. Not succulent, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Penthorum sedoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penthorum sedoides

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penthorum sedoides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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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