rootfast

Index / Search / Penthorum sedoides

§1 Plant

Penthorum sedoides L.

vernacular ditch stonecrop — species · Crassulaceae

USDA
PESE6
GBIF
2985709
Rank
species
ditch stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides)
Platephotograph · Eric M PowellCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Crassulaceae J. St.-Hil.
Genus
Penthorum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,357 counties across 36 states/territories
Legend Native · 1357 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
30–50 in/yr
pH range
5–7
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Stoloniferous
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
2.6 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
45,000,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,357 counties across 36 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 49 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 100 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 82 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 56 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 37 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 95 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 35 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 43 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 49 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 77 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 59 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 87 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 63 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PESE6 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2985709 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

fetched 2026-05-26T10:50:45Z