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Allegheny stonecrop

Hylotelephium telephioides

Also called American Orpine, Live For Ever, Live Forever

Allegheny stonecrop
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Hylotelephium telephioides is a flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. Its common names include Allegheny stonecrop and live-forever. Its native range in the USA extends from Georgia to Illinois and New York, and it has introduced populations in Ontario. In the wild, it is found on rock outcrops, especially at moderate to high elevations.

Other Hylotelephium plants

Love Restoring Stonecrop · Cliff Stonecrop · Azure Stonecrop · Garden stonecrop · Pink Mongolian Stonecrop · Hylotelephium sieboldii · Showy stonecrop · Garden stonecrop · Orpine · Stonecrop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hylotelephium telephioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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