Author | L. | |
Distribution | Mountains only. A specimen without county (at WCUH) is actually S. ternatum; a specimen from Granville County (at NCU) is S. sarmentosum.
Native of Europe, north Africa, and Turkey; in N.A. southern Canada south to NC, AL, CO, OR. | |
Abundance | Rare to uncommon. | |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, rocky roadbanks, "field along creek". Found as high as 4200 feet. | |
Phenology | Flowering late May - early July. | |
Identification | Mossy Stonecrop is a small to very small succulent, often lax, branched or not. It has short, rounded in cross-section and blunt leaves. Flowering shoots are erect, not branched, with yellow flowers solitary or in short cymes. | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | | |
USACE-emp | | |