Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Sedum stenopetalum var. subalpinum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 206.

Plants 5–15 cm. Rosette leaf-blades 4.2–9 × 1.5–2.5 mm. Flowers: sepals 2–4 mm; petals 6–9 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Gravel, crevices of rocks in open situations, rocky meadows, boreal steppe, open, dry, sandy areas
Elevation: 0-4100 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

The name Sedum lanceolatum Torrey var. subalpinum (Fröderström) Ohba is illegitimate because there was already a heterotypic infraspecific name [subsp. subalpinum (Blankinship) R. T. Clausen] under the species although at a different rank.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
suffused with red +  and yellow +
acute +  and acuminate +
Hideaki Ohba +
Torrey +
scarious +
reddish green +, green +, bluish green +, gray-green +  and dull +
0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
lobed +  and toothed +
subterete +, elliptic-ovate +, elliptic-lanceolate +  and lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
succulent +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect or recurved +
not circumscissile +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
not circumscissile +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
0-4100 m +
connate +  and distinct +
spreading;erect +
Gravel, crevices of rocks in open situations, rocky meadows, boreal steppe, open, dry, sandy areas +
axillary +  and terminal +
(1-)3(-6)-branched +  and 5-25-flowered +
elliptic-lanceolate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
connate +
spreading-erect +  and erect or ascending +
yellow +  and yellow-green +
spatulate;reniform;spatulate;reniform;oblong;square;oblong +
semi-inferior +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
canary +  and golden yellow +
distinct +
canaliculate +, linear-lanceolate +, elliptic-lanceolate +  and lanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–fall. +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
distinct +  and connate +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
reticulate-papillose +  and reticulate +
ovoid;ellipsoid +
pale green +  and yellow-green +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
unequal +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
1 +  and many +
branched +  and simple +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
antipetalous +
2 times as many as sepals +
much-branched +
creeping +  and procumbent +
ascending +  and erect +
succulent +
distinct +
Sedum stenopetalum var. subalpinum +
Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum +
Sedum lanceolatum +
variety +
not conspicuous +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
3 +  and 5 +