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Sedella (plant)

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Sedella
Sedella pumila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Sempervivoideae
Tribe: Sedeae
Genus: Sedella
Britton & Rose
Type species
Sedella pumila
Species

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Sedella (formerly Parvisedum) is a small genus of annual flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. There are approximately 7 species,[1] all native to California, United States, one with a distribution extending into Oregon. These are petite succulent plants growing a few centimeters tall and bearing tiny yellowish or brownish flowers. Mock stonecrop is a common name for these plants.[2]

Description

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These plants are diminutive annuals, they grow erect and are glabrous (without hairs). The leaves are early-deciduous, sessile, and shaped oblong-elliptic to ovoid. The tips of the leaves are rounded to obtuse. The inflorescence has 1 to 2 flowers in 0 to 3 branched cyme, sub-sessile. There are 5 sepals and 5 petals. The petals are pale to bright or green-yellow, with a midrib that is often more or less red.[3]

Taxonomy

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The genus was described by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose during their reorganization of the North American Crassulaceae.[4]

The name is the Latin diminutive of Sedum. The name Parvisedum is a synonym.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Name Search=Sedella". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Sedella​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b Jepson Flora Project (ed.). "Sedella". Jepson eFlora. The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley.
  4. ^ Britton, Nathaniel L.; Rose, Joseph N. (1903). "New and noteworthy North American Crassulaceae". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 3 (9): 45.
  5. ^ "Search term=Sedella". The Plant List. The Plant List. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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