. 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. CRASSULACEAE. 8. Sedum ternatum Michx. Wild Stonecrop. Fig. 2141. i". icrnalum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i ; 277. 1803. Perennial by rootstocks, tufted, stem creep- ing, flowering branches ascending, 3'-8' high. Lower leaves and those of the sterile shoots flat, obovate, entire, 6"-i2" long, sometimes 9" wide, rounded at the , cuneate at the base or
. 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. CRASSULACEAE. 8. Sedum ternatum Michx. Wild Stonecrop. Fig. 2141. i". icrnalum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i ; 277. 1803. Perennial by rootstocks, tufted, stem creep- ing, flowering branches ascending, 3'-8' high. Lower leaves and those of the sterile shoots flat, obovate, entire, 6"-i2" long, sometimes 9" wide, rounded at the , cuneate at the base or narrowed into a petiole, verticillate in 3's; upper leaves oblanceolate or oblong, alternate, sessile ; cyme 2-4-forked, its branches spreading or recurved in flower; flowers rather distant, often leafy-bracted, about s" broad; petals linear-lanceolate, acute, white, nearly twice the length of the oblong obtuse sepals; follicles 2I" long, tipped with the slender style. On rocks, Connecticut to New Jersey, Georgia, west to Indiana. Missouri. Tennessee and Mich- igan. .\Iso escaped from gardens to roadsides in the Middle and Eastern States. Ascends to 3000 ft. in X'irginia. Iceland-moss. Three-leaved stonecrop. 9. Sedum Nevii A. Grav. Xevius' Stonecrop. Fig. 2142. Sedum Ncvii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 1S67 Densely tufted, glabrous, stems spreading or decum- bent, flowering branches ascending, 3-5' high. Leaves of the sterile shoots very densely imbricated, spatulate or obovate, narrowed or cuneate at the base, mostly sessile, rounded at the apex, entire, 3"-6" long, i"-2" wide, the lower ones smaller; leaves of the flowering branches spatulate or linear-oblong, alternate; cyme about 3-forked, its branches usually recurved in flower; flowers close together, 3"-4" broad; petals linear, acuminate, longer than the sepals; follicles about 2" long, widely divergent, tipped with the short style. On rocks, mountains of Virginia to .M
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