Phedimus spurius
in H. ’t Hart and U. Eggli, Evol. Syst. Crassulaceae, 168. 1995,.
Common names: Caucasian stonecrop orpin bâtard
Basionym: Sedum spurium M. Bieberstein Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 352. 1808
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 223.
Flowering-stems creeping, 0.5–1.5 dm. Leaves opposite; blade obovate or orbiculate, 1–3 cm, margins prominently glandular, coarsely crenate apically. Flowers: sepals deltate to lanceolate, 4–4.5 mm, apex subobtuse; petals erect basally, recurved at tips, white to pink, ovate, 8–11 mm, apex shortly mucronate. Carpels erect in fruit, connate basally.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Rocky places, roadsides, fields, waste places
Elevation: 0-2000 m
Distribution
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Introduced; Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., Que., Colo., Conn., Ill., Ind., Maine, Mass., Mich., N.J., N.Y., Pa., Vt., c Asia (Caucasus)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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dehiscent +
dense +
not spurred +
laminar +
fleshy +
not circumscissile +
connate +
erect +
sessile +
connate +
coiled +
not circumscissile +
straight +
oily +
scant +
5-merous +
symmetric +
erect +
bisexual +
spreading +
absent +
Present +
true +
opposite +
persistent +
crenate +
adnate +
truncate +
submarginal +
anatropous +
absent +
distinct +
4;5 +
ovate +
absent +
- 3-4-5 - -12[-30+]-carpellate +
distinct +
erect +
4;5 +
in H. ’t Hart and U. Eggli, Evol. Syst. Crassulaceae, +
lined +
brownish +
1;20 +
ellipsoid +
connate +
4;5 +
unequal +
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antipetalous +
flowering +
fleshy +
alike +
capitate +
4;5 +
absent +
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shorter +
terminal +
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Phedimus spurius +
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species +
1-seeded +
not conspicuous +
perennial +
glabrous +
not viviparous +
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