Sedum acre

Herbs, perennial, mat-forming, glabrous. Stems trailing (nonflowering shoots ascending at tip), laxly branched, not bearing rosettes. Leaves (usually deciduous, if persistent, then blade white, soft, papery), alternate, (densely imbricate), spreading, sessile; blade yellow-green, not glaucous, triangular-ovate, terete to semiterete (elliptic in cross section), (2–)5(–8) × 1–4 mm, base obtusely short-spurred, not scarious, apex obtuse. Flowering shoots erect, usually simple, 5–10(–15) cm; leaf blades triangular-ovate, base short-spurred; offsets not formed. Inflorescences cymes, 2–12-flowered or flowers solitary, monochasially (1–)2(–3)-branched; branches not recurved, rarely forked; bracts similar to leaves, smaller. Pedicels absent or to 1 mm. Flowers 5-merous; sepals erect to spreading, distinct basally, green, oblong-ovate, unequal, 2–3 × 1.3–2.3, mm, apex obtuse; petals spreading, distinct, bright yellow, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, not carinate, 5–9 mm, apex acute to acuminate; filaments yellow; anthers yellow, (oblong); nectar scales yellowish green, square. Carpels stellately patent in fruit, distinct, yellowish. 2n = 40, 60, 80, 100, 120.

3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun

Water sparingly, allowing the mix to nearly dry out between watering.

Sedum Acre

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