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Blue Creek Stonecrop (Sedum citrinum)

Description

Plant 5--27.5 cm, rhizomed; rosettes open, 2--7 cm diameter, internodes generally visible. Leaf: rosette leaves 8--31 mm, 6--22 mm wide, oblanceolate to obovate, wedge-shaped, apex obtuse or notched. Inflorescence: panicle-like, generally flat-topped, 10--95-flowered; bracts opposite, 5--7 mm, 2--3 mm wide, base truncate, narrowly obovate, tip obtuse, rarely notched. Flower: petals 6--9 mm, deep yellow, lanceolate and +- mucronate. Fruit: fused at base, 5.2--6.5 mm, erect. Seed: 1.2--1.5 mm.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Crassulaceae

              • Genus: Sedum