Sedum obtusatum var. boreale
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 889. 2007,.
Basionym: Sedum obtusatum subsp. boreale R. T. Clausen Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 32. 1942
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 217.
Rosettes dense, internodes not visible. Leaf-blades 4–9 (–13) mm. Flowering shoots 9–12 cm. Flowers: sepals 3.5–4.5 mm, apex obtuse or rarely acute; petals white, greenish or creamy white, or pale orange suffused with pink, 6–9 × 2.4–3.8 mm; anthers 1.2–1.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Rock slides in crevices, ledges and open areas of siliceous argillite, quartz porphyry, andesite, or granite
Elevation: 500-2500 m
Discussion
Variety boreale occurs in the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Mountains.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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yellow +
dehiscent +
dense +
not spurred +
not scarious +
laminar +
succulent +
simple +
not recurved +
1-2-forked +
not circumscissile +
brown +
distinct +
erect +
simple +
coiled +
not circumscissile +
paniculate +
Calif. +
straight +
oily +
scant +
5-merous +
symmetric +
erect +
bisexual +
spreading;erect +
Rock slides in crevices, ledges and open areas of siliceous argillite, quartz porphyry, andesite, or granite +
absent +
not visible +
spatulate;obovate +
sessile +
alternate +
connate +
ascending +
alike +
not pruinose +
not white +
not glaucous +
4mm;10mm +
white +
reniform +
spatulate;reniform;spatulate;reniform;oblong;square;oblong +
submarginal +
anatropous +
absent +
red-lineolate +
connate +
6mm;9mm +
4;5 +
absent +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
erect +
4;5 +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
1753 +
dense +
brownish +
1;20 +
ovoid;ellipsoid +
spurred +
connate +
? (?) +
erect +
glaucous +
4;5 +
unequal +
equal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
flowering +
ascending +
9cm;12cm +
Endemic +
adnate +
antipetalous +
2 times as many as sepals +
much-branched +
flowering +
thickened +
succulent +
alike +
branched +
horizontal +
capitate +
4;5 +
absent +
distinct +
shorter +
terminal +
4;5 +
equaling +
Sedum obtusatum var. boreale +
Sedum obtusatum +
variety +
1-seeded +
not conspicuous +
perennial +
glabrous +
not viviparous +
succulent +
dehiscent +