. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 6. Sedum reflexum L. Crooked Yellow or Reflexed Stonecrop. Dwarf I louse-leek. Fig. 2139. Sedum reflexum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 618. 1762. Perennial by a creeping stem producing numerous short barren shoots, the flowering branches erect, 8-14' high. Leaves alternate, sessile, densely imbricated on the sterile shoots, terete, somewhat spurred at the base, 3"-9" lo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 6. Sedum reflexum L. Crooked Yellow or Reflexed Stonecrop. Dwarf I louse-leek. Fig. 2139. Sedum reflexum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 618. 1762. Perennial by a creeping stem producing numerous short barren shoots, the flowering branches erect, 8-14' high. Leaves alternate, sessile, densely imbricated on the sterile shoots, terete, somewhat spurred at the base, 3"-9" long; cyme 4-8-forked, its branches recurved in flower; flowers 4"- 6" broad; petals linear, yellow, two to three times as long as the short ovate sepals; follicles about ij" long, tipped with a very slender somewhat divergent style. Eastern Massachusetts and western New York, locally escaped from gardens. Native of Europe. Summer. Indian-fog. Love- in-a-chain. Prick-, trip-or trick-madam. Creeping Jennie. Ginger. 7. Sedum pulchellumMichx. Widow's Cross. Rock- or Mountain-moss. Fig. 2140. Sedum pulchellum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 277. 1803. Perennial (?), glabrous, ascending or trailing, branched at the base, 4'-i2' long. Leaves densely crowded, terete or linear, sessile, obtuse at the apex, slightly auriculate at the base, 3"-i2" long, about i" wide; cyme 4-7-forked, its branches spreading or recurved in flower; flowers sessile, close together, 4"-6" broad; petals rose-purple, pink, or white, linear-lanceolate, acute, about twice the length of the lanceolate obtusish sepals; follicles 2"-3" long, tipped with a slender style. On rocks, Virginia to Georgia, west to Indiana, Ken- tucky, Missouri, Kansas and Texas. May-July. Culti- vated in the South under the above name. Flowering- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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