Sedum laxum var. latifolium

(R. T. Clausen) H. Ohba

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 890. 2007,.

Basionym: Sedum laxum subsp. latifolium R. T. Clausen Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 38. 1942
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 219. Mentioned on page 218.

Leaf-blades not glaucous, obovate, 15–40 × 17–33 mm, apex deeply emarginate. Flowering shoots 15–30 cm; leaf-blades not glaucous, spatulate to oblanceolate, base cordate, not clasping stem. Flowers: sepals 3–4 mm, apex acute; petals pink or white, 7–10 mm; anthers red or yellow. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering late spring-mid summer.
Habitat: Rocky slopes
Elevation: 50-600 m

Discussion

Variety latifolium is known from the drainage of the Smith River and is the most robust of the varieties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
yellow +  and red +
Hideaki Ohba +
(R. T. Clausen) H. Ohba +
cordate +
not scarious +
Sedum laxum subsp. latifolium +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
not pruinose +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
lobed +  and toothed +
not +  and glaucous +
flattened +, subterete +, obovate +, spatulate +  and oblanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
succulent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
smaller +
not recurved +
2-forked +
not circumscissile +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
not circumscissile +
3+-branched +  and 12-80-flowered +
50-600 m +
pink +, greenish white +  and white +
connate +  and distinct +
spreading;erect +
Rocky slopes +
axillary +  and terminal +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
spatulate;oblanceolate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
connate +
erect +  and spreading +
pink +, yellow +  and white +
oblong +  and reniform +
spatulate;reniform;spatulate;reniform;oblong;square;oblong +
semi-inferior +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.63 cm6.3 mm <br />0.0063 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
white +  and pink +
not carinate +, elliptic-oblong +, oblanceolate-oblong +  and lanceolate-oblong +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring-mid summer. +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
distinct +  and connate +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
reticulate-papillose +  and reticulate +
ovoid;ellipsoid +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
unequal +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
1 +  and many +
branched +  and simple +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
decumbent +  and erect +
adnate +  and free +
antipetalous +
2 times as many as sepals +
much-branched +
creeping +  and procumbent +
ascending +  and erect +
succulent +
distinct +
Sedum laxum var. latifolium +
Sedum laxum +
variety +
not conspicuous +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
herb +, not +  and cespitose +
3 +  and 5 +