Sedum laxum var. laxum

Synonyms: Sedum laxum subsp. perplexum R. T. Clausen
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 218.

Leaf-blades glaucous, spatulate or oblanceolate, 10–50 × 9–17 mm, apex truncate to obtuse. Flowering shoots 15–26 (–40) cm; leaf-blades glaucous, spatulate to oblanceolate, base obtuse, not clasping stem. Flowers: sepals 3.5–5.1 mm, apex acute; petals pink or white, 9–11 mm; anthers red to reddish purple. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering spring-mid summer.
Habitat: Serpentine bluffs
Elevation: 30-1400 m

Discussion

Variety laxum occurs in the drainage of the Smith River.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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perigynous +  and hypogynous +
red +  and reddish purple +
acute +, truncate +  and obtuse +
Hideaki Ohba +
(Britton) A. Berger in H. G. A. Engler et al. +
not scarious +
Gormania laxa +
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 +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
30-1400 m +
pink +, greenish white +  and white +
connate +  and distinct +
spreading;erect +
Serpentine bluffs +
axillary +  and terminal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 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 +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Flowering spring-mid summer. +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
distinct +  and connate +
in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. +
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 +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.51 cm5.1 mm <br />0.0051 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
1 +  and many +
branched +  and simple +
26 cm260 mm <br />0.26 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 subsp. perplexum +
Sedum laxum var. laxum +
Sedum laxum +
variety +
not conspicuous +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
herb +, not +  and cespitose +
3 +  and 5 +