American Orpine Hylotelephium telephioides
Other Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Sedum telephioides
- Phonetic Spelling
- hy-loh-teh-LEF-fee-um tel-ee-fee-OY-deez
- Description
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Allegheny stonecrop is the only North American native Hylotelephium. It is in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) family. This perennial plant is found growing mostly in the high-elevation areas of the Appalachian mountain range from North Carolina to Pennsylvania on rocky outcroppings, slopes, woodlands, and along roadsides.
They grow in clumps and their fleshy leaves along erect stems reach a height of 12 to 15 inches. Plant in full sun to partial shade in dry rocky soils.
These plants are drought tolerant and work well in a border front, cottage, rock, or native garden.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Hylotelephium
- Species:
- telephioides
- Family:
- Crassulaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Division
- Leaf Cutting
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Candada and eastern U.S.A.
- Distribution:
- CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, VA, WV, Ontario, introduced in NY
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Native Plant
- Succulent
- Habit/Form:
- Clumping
- Texture:
- Fine
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil Drainage:
- Occasionally Dry
- Very Dry
- Available Space To Plant:
- Less than 12 inches
- 12 inches-3 feet
- NC Region:
- Mountains
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Follicle
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Corymb
- Cyme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Star
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Description:
- White or pale pink tinged 5 petaled star shaped flowers with a green keel are grouped together and give the corymbose cyme inflorences a soft fuzzy look. The infloreces are about 3" across. Flowers appear in the summer to early fall.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Oblanceolate
- Obovate
- Spatulate
- Leaf Margin:
- Dentate
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves are mostly alternate sometimes opposite, fleshy, sessile or with short petioles. They get smaller as the reach the end of the stem though less so than other members of the genus. The leaves are obovate, oblanceolate or spatulate margins are entire or dentate. The leaf surface is often glaucous.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Drought Tolerant Garden
- Native Garden
- Rock Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Drought
