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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Sedum |
| Species: | S. nevii
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| Binomial name | |
| Sedum nevii | |
Common name: Nevius Stonecrop
Synonyms: No synonyms exist for this species.
Introduction (brief account): Sedum nevii is a succulent that forms decumbent, branched stems that bear thick and fleshy leaves. The species commonly grows on ledges and cliffs or mats of mosses and lichens within the southeastern United States, specifically Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. They can survive in many conditions that include poor soil and dry conditions. They flourish in conditions that are less wet and humid.
Publication: Sedum nevii A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s. 6(2):373. 1858.
Description: This species has thick, spreading, petiolate, not glaucous, narrowly rhombic-elliptic, oblanceolate, fleshy leaves that are alternately arranged along the stem. They are decumbent and branched, bearing terminal rosettes at the tip. Flowering includes white, star-shaped flowers arranged in a cyme inflorescence. Flower parts are 4-merous. Stamens have red anthers with white filaments. Carpels stellate in fruit, distinct, brown.
Habitat: Crevices of ledges and cliffs, sometimes talus. Can live on mats of mosses and lichens on rocks.
Growth habit: Herb/forb
Duration: Perennial
Conservation status: TN [S1]- State rank. Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in Tennessee/Kentucky.
AL[S3] – State rank. Typically 21-100 occurrences, limited acreage, or miles of stream in the state.
Global rank: G3 – Imperiled globally because of rarity (6-20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors.
- ^ Alabama Plant Atlas : Alabama Herbarium Consortium & The University of West Alabama http://floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=1649
- ^ Tennessee- Kentucky Plant Atlas: Tennessee Native Plant Society, Kentucky Native Plant Society, and the Kentucky State Nature Preserve Commission https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=2247
- ^ Flora of North America http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Sedum_nevii
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=SENE