Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Widowscross, Lime Stonecrop, Pink Stonecrop - Sedum pulchellum
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Sedum pulchellum - Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Widowscross, Lime Stonecrop, Pink Stonecrop. Sedum pulchellum is an attractive plant of thin soil on rocky limestone outcrops and glades. It blooms in late spring, to mid-summer in the northern end of its range. It is variably reported to be an annual, biennial, or perennial plant.
Found in:
AL, AR, GA, IL, KS, KY, MO, MS, OH, OK, TN, TX
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| | Site: Cedar Glade, Pigeon Mountain East, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-May-11 | Photographer: Gerald C. Williamson
Nikon D7000
Tamron SP 90MM f/2.8 AF Macro | | Widows Cross branches at the top of the plant into quite attractive star- or cross-shapes. It certainly earns its pulchellum species epithet. | | 
| | Site: Cedar Glade, Pigeon Mountain East, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-May-11 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000
Tamron SP 90MM f/2.8 AF Macro | | The flowers have pink or white petals. They are usually 4-merous - petals, sepals, stamens, and pistils in multiples of 4, as are most of the flowers in this photo, with 4 petals, 4 sepals, 4 pistils, and 8 stamens. However, notice the central flower - it is 6-merous. Several of the central flowers in plants of this colony had more than 4 petals. This feature may be worthy of further study. | | Click on the photo for a larger image
| | Site: Cedar Glade, Pigeon Mountain East, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-May-11 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000 | | The leaves of Sedum pulchellum are narrowly cylindrical, and have long spurs clasping the stem. They are about an inch long. | | Click on the photo for a larger image
| | Site: Cedar Glade, Pigeon Mountain East, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-May-07 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000 | | Widow’s Cross grows up to about a foot tall, although it is usually shorter. The stems, especially the lower stems, may be reddish. | | Click on the photo for a larger image
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