About
A mat-forming evergreen stonecrop from the Appalachian Mountains with rounded, glaucous leaves and four-petalled white flowers.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Mature size
- Mats 30–40 cm across; flowering stems up to 10 cm tall.
Field notes
Morphology
Prostrate perennial forming patches 30–40 cm across. Leaves are glaucous green, rounded and 1–2 cm long, arranged in a dense spiral. Flowers are white, 10–12 mm wide with four slender pointed petals, held in clusters on erect stems up to 10 cm.
Distribution & habitat
Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, in West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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