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Annual to subshrubs, fleshy
Leaves generally simple, generally basal and cauline, alternate or opposite, generally reduced upward
Inflorescence: generally cyme, generally bracted
Flower: sepals generally 35, generally ± free; petals generally 35, ± free or fused; stamens = to >> sepals, free or epipetalous; pistils generally 35, simple (sometimes fused at base), ovary 1-chambered, placenta 1, parietal, ovules 1many, style 1
Fruit: follicles generally 35
Seeds 1many, small
Genera in family: ± 30 genera, ± 1500 species: ± worldwide, especially dry temp; many cultivated for ornamental. Family description and generic key by Melinda F. Denton and Reid Moran.
Generally per from rhizomes or stout, scaly caudex, generally glabrous
Leaves sessile, generally alternate, generally obovate to spoon-shaped
Inflorescence generally raceme- to panicle-like
Flower: sepals 45, free to fused below, < petals, obtuse to long-tapered; petals 45, free or fused below, erect to spreading; stamens 8 or 10, in 2 whorls, barely epipetalous; pistils 45, free or fused below,
Fruit erect or spreading
Seeds many, elliptic, often winged at both ends
Etymology: (Latin: to assuage, from healing properties of houseleek, to which Sedum was applied by some authors)
Reference: [Denton 1982 Brittonia 34:4877]
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Plant 522 cm, glabrous, often glaucous; rosettes 16 cm diam, internodes between leaves generally 12 mm
Leaves: rosette leaves 1122 mm, outer >> inner, widest 25 mm below tip, 12 mm thick, rounded to obtuse; cauline leaves 611 mm, elliptic, base truncate
Inflorescence 38 cm, 548-flowered
Flower: petals 58 mm, ± erect to widely spreading, lanceolate, acute, yellow; anthers yellow or red-brown
Fruit 48 mm, erect until mature, then strongly spreading
Seed ± 1 mm
Chromosomes: n=15
Ecology: Outcrops, often in shade
Elevation: 502500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Central Western California, Transverse Ranges
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia
Variable and intergrading complex
Synonyms: subspp. anomalum (Britton) R.T. Clausen & C.Uhl, pruinosum (Britton) R.T. Clausen & C. Uhl; S. purdyi Jeps
Horticultural information: DRN: 4, 5, 6 &IRR: 1, 17, 24 &SHD: 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23; CVS.