Sedella congdonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common name Congdon's mock stonecrop.[1] It is endemic to California, where it can be found in the Sierra Nevada, often in rocky and moist habitat types. It is an annual herb growing just a few centimeters high. The oval succulent leaves are just a few millimeters long. The flowers occur in a cyme on thin branches. Each has yellow petals no more than 3 millimeters long.
Sedella congdonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Sedella |
Species: | S. congdonii
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Binomial name | |
Sedella congdonii | |
Synonyms | |
Parvisedum congdonii |
References
edit- ^ NRCS. "Sedella congdonii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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