Scientific Name:	Sedum sexangulare
Pronunciation:	SEE-dum seks-an-gew-LAIR-ee
Common Name:	six-sided stonecrop
Family Name:	Crassulaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover, Succulent or Cacti
Key ID Features:	Leaves tube shaped, spirally arranged and arising from the stem in six directions when viewed from the tip.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Alpine, Dryland (no watering), Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden Additional Info: Google Images

Leaf Morphology: Form: Needle-like, Simple Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Succulent Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Bronze, summer foliage is bronze, as opposed to its usual bright green colour Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Rounded Bases: Truncate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Corymb-like, Cyme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul

Fruit Type: Follicle, Aggregate fruit Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Fibrous-like roots

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZN) GAZebo North (NRY) NuRserY Location Map

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