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Accession Data:

Penthorum sedoides L.

  • Common Name: Ditch Stonecrop
  • Family: Penthoraceae Rydb. ex Britton

  • Country of Origin: central & eastern US & Canada
  • Habitat: openings in floodplain and bottom forests, swamps, marshes

  • Description: An unusual feature of Ditch Stonecrop consists of the angular carpels (or seed capsules) and their spreading beaks. These beaks are the pistils of the flowers.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800096
  • Source: Wood Thrush Natives
  • Accession Date: 10-12-2018
  • Bench: 2309 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-16-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Penthoraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Manitoba / New Brunswick / Ontario / Québec / Illinois / Iowa / Kansas / Minnesota / Missouri / North Dakota / Nebraska / Oklahoma / South Dakota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / District of Columbia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
  2. Penthorum sedoides at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
  3. Ditch Stonecrop at Illinois Wildflowers. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.

data regenerated on Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:24:47 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Penthoraceae

  • Penthorum sedoides
W/C = Wild Collected
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