Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Wild Stonecrop |
| Scientific Name | Sedum ternatum Michx. |
| Family Name | Crassulaceae (Stonecrop Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | rocks, cliffs and woods |
| Plant Height: | 10-20 cm, scrambling, creeping stems; fibrous roots |
| Flower Color: | white |
| Flower: | complete; perfect; mostly with 4 petals; 4 sepals; sometimes 5 petals and 5 sepals; 1-1.5 cm wide; stamens typically twice as many as petals; |
| Inflorescence: | solitary |
| Fruit: | follicular (resembles follicles); seeds numerous |
| Leaves: | opposite to whorled in 3s or 4s; entire; succulent; oblanceolate to nearly linear |
| Bloom Time: | May-June |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | plant likes to be cool and moist; attracts butterflies |
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