Biology:Sedum obtusatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Sedum |
| Species: | S. obtusatum
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| Sedum obtusatum A.Gray
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Sedum obtusatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common name Sierra stonecrop.[1] It is native to the Sierra Nevada and adjacent high mountain ranges of California , its distribution extending north into Oregon and east into Nevada. It grows in rocky mountain habitat.
Description
It is a succulent plant forming basal rosettes of waxy leaves. The leaves are oval or spoon shaped and up to 3 centimeters long, with smaller ones occurring farther up the stem. The leaves are green to blue green to red tinged or all red. The inflorescence is an erect, sometimes flat-topped array of many flowers. The flowers have white petals tinged with green, yellow, or orange. It typically blooms from May to June.[2]
Though it is not an obligatory host, it is described as a beneficial organism for the Euptoieta claudia butterfly.[3]
Variety
One variety of this species, var. paradisum, is a very rare plant limited to the Trinity Mountains of California; it is sometimes treated as a species in its own right, the Canyon Creek stonecrop (Sedum paradisum).[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Sedum obtusatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SEOB. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Calflora: Sedum obtusatum". http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Sedum+obtusatum.
- ↑ "Plant Characteristics and Associations - Calflora". http://www.calflora.org/entry/plantchar.html?crn=7450.
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile: S. paradisum
- ↑ Flora of North America: var. paradisum
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7445436 entry
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