Featured Glossary Word: Sessile
sessile: attached directly by the base without a stalk
There are several plant parts that can be described as sessile.
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GROUND COVER: Sedum ternatum (Wild, Woodland, or Three-leaved Stonecrop)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This lovely ground cover, the most widespread native member of the Sedum family in eastern North America, favors rocky banks, cliffs, and woods. Its tiny white star-like flowers with five pointed petals rise in showy clusters above succulent foliage in the spring.
Featured Glossary word: Node New in 2022!
Featured Glossary Word: Node
node: the point on a stem where a leaf or leaves are, or have been attached; the point at which subsidiary parts (buds, adventitious roots) begin to grow; the solid construction on a culm; a knot, swelling, or enlarged lump