Sedella (plant)

Sedella
	Sedella pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Subfamily:	Sempervivoideae
Tribe:	Sedeae
Genus:	Sedella; Britton & Rose
Type species
	Sedella pumila;
Species
	See text

Sedella (formerly Parvisedum) is a small genus of annual flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. There are approximately 7 species,[1] all native to California, United States, one with a distribution extending into Oregon. These are petite succulent plants growing a few centimeters tall and bearing tiny yellowish or brownish flowers. Mock stonecrop is a common name for these plants.[2]

Description

These plants are diminutive annuals, they grow erect and are glabrous (without hairs). The leaves are early-deciduous, sessile, and shaped oblong-elliptic to ovoid. The tips of the leaves are rounded to obtuse. The inflorescence has 1 to 2 flowers in 0 to 3 branched cyme, sub-sessile. There are 5 sepals and 5 petals. The petals are pale to bright or green-yellow, with a midrib that is often more or less red.[3]

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose during their reorganization of the North American Crassulaceae.[4]

The name is the Latin diminutive of Sedum. The name Parvisedum is a synonym.[3]

Species

[5]

Sedella atrata Fourr.
Sedella carinthiaca (Hoppe ex Pacher) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Sedella congdonii (Eastw.) Britton & Rose - Congdon's mock stonecrop
Sedella leiocarpa H. Sharsm. - Lake County stonecrop
Sedella pentandra H. Sharsm. - Mt. Hamilton mock stonecrop
Sedella pumila (Benth.) Britton & Rose - Sierra mock stonecrop
Sedella villosa (L.) Fourr.

References

"Name Search=Sedella". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sedella". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
Jepson Flora Project (ed.). "Sedella". Jepson eFlora. The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley.
Britton, Nathaniel L.; Rose, Joseph N. (1903). "New and noteworthy North American Crassulaceae". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 3 (9): 45.
"Search term=Sedella". The Plant List. The Plant List. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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[1] "Name Search=Sedella". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sedella". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

[:0-3] Jepson Flora Project (ed.). "Sedella". Jepson eFlora. The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley.

[4] Britton, Nathaniel L.; Rose, Joseph N. (1903). "New and noteworthy North American Crassulaceae". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 3 (9): 45.

[5] "Search term=Sedella". The Plant List. The Plant List. Retrieved 27 October 2017.