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Penthoraceae

plant family
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  • Penthorum

    …treated as its own family, Penthoraceae, or is placed in the family Saxifragaceae. Both species have underground stems, toothed leaves, and one-sided flower clusters borne at the branch tips. The ditch, or Virginian, stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides) grows to about 60 cm (2 feet) tall. It has pale greenish yellow flowers…

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    …treated as its own family, Penthoraceae, or is placed in the family Saxifragaceae. Both species have underground stems, toothed leaves, and one-sided flower clusters borne at the branch tips. The ditch, or Virginian, stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides) grows to about 60 cm (2 feet) tall. It has pale greenish yellow flowers…

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