SEDUM
, in See also:botany, a genus of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Crassulaceae, containing about 120 See also:species, natives chiefly of the See also:north See also:temper-See also:ate and frigid regions, and mostly perennial herbs with succulent leaves of varied See also:form, but never See also:compound
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The See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white or yellow, rarely ,See also:pink or See also:blue, See also:flowers are usually small and grouped in cymes
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They have a calyx of See also:fine sepals, as many petals, usually ten stamens and five distinct carpels, which have as many glands at their See also:base and ripen into as many dry See also:seed-pods
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Several species are See also:British, including some with tuberous roots and large leaves (Telephium), and others of smaller See also:size, chiefly found on rocks, walls and dry See also:banks; S. See also:acre is stonecrop (see fig
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I), well known also in gardens, a variety of which, aureum, is in cultivation with See also:golden-yellow tips to the leaves and shoots
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Many others are cultivated for the beauty of their foliage or flowers, and many are remarkable for their vitality under adverse circumstances
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They succeed on rockwork, old walls or as border See also:plants; some, e.g
.
S
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Lydium, a native of See also:Asia See also:Minor, are excellent for See also:carpet bedding
.
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