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Wall-pepper has various names, each one emphasizing a particular feature or two. The name wall-pepper comes from the fact that it can grow in notches in a stone wall and it has a strong peppery flavor. Sometimes it takes awhile for the sharpness to take effect, but once it does ... It's not so strange that this plant is used as a flavoring. Because it is a succulent plant, storing water in its fleshy leaves, it is resistant to drought. In general, you don't tend to notice this plant among all the other vegetation. However when it blossoms, the ground turns into a sea of yellow stars!
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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Sedum acre Sessé & Moc.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Sedum minimum Rose:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Sedum acre L.:
United States (North America)
Canada (North America)
Greenland (North America)
Chile (South America)

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Ecology

Associations

Flower-Visiting Insects of Mossy Stonecrop in Illinois

Sedum acre (Mossy Stonecrop) introduced
(also called Biting Stonecrop; information is very limited; insect activity is unspecified; this observation is from Krombein et al.)

Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena wheeleri

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Foodplant / miner
larva of Apion sedi mines stem (after leaf) of Sedum acre

Foodplant / sap sucker
adult of Chlamydatus evanescens sucks sap of Sedum acre
Remarks: season: 6-, late 8-5

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Sedum acre

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation

Conservation Status

NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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Wikipedia

Sedum acre

Sedum acre, commonly known as the Goldmoss Stonecrop, Goldmoss Sedum, Biting Stonecrop, Wallpepper, and the picturesque name Welcome home husband though never so drunk, is a perennial plant native to Europe, but also naturalised in North America. This plant grows as a creeping ground cover, often in dry sandy soil, but also in the cracks of masonry. It grows well in poor soils, sand, rock gardens, and rich garden soil, under a variety of light levels. However, it does not thrive in dense shade with limited water.

The leaves are simple, smooth-margined, and succulent. The flowers are yellow, Spring-blooming, in sprays held above the foliage. It spreads when allowed to do so, but is easily controlled, being shallow-rooted. It is used in hanging baskets and container gardens, as a trailing accent, in borders, or as groundcover.

Urglaawe

Sedum acre is known as Graddliche-Meed-un-Buwe, Eisegraut, Mauermoos, and Quekarmeedel in Deitsch. In Urglaawe, it is considered to be a sacred plant due to its association with the Teutonic god Dunner.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lick, David E. "Plant Names and Plant Lore among the Pennsylvania Germans." Proceedings of the Pennsylvania German Society 33. Norristown, PA, 1922, pp. 107-108.
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