Allegheny stonecrop is the only North American native Hylotelephium. It is in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) family. This perennial plant is found growing mostly in the high-elevation areas of the Appalachian mountain range from North Carolina to Pennsylvania on rocky outcroppings, slopes, woodlands, and along roadsides. They grow in clumps and their fleshy leaves along erect stems reach a height of 12 to 15 inches. Plant in full sun to partial shade in dry rocky soils. These plants are drought tolerant and work well in a border front, cottage, rock, or native garden. More information on Hylotelephium .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
Loam (Silt); Shallow Rocky
Soil drainage
Occasionally Dry | Very Dry
Available space
Less than 12 inches; 12 inches-3 feet
NC region
Mountains
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Clumping
Texture
Fine
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Alternate; Opposite
Leaf shape
Oblanceolate; Obovate; Spatulate
Leaf margin
Dentate; Entire
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Leaves are mostly alternate sometimes opposite, fleshy, sessile or with short petioles. They get smaller as the reach the end of the stem though less so than other members of the genus. The leaves are obovate, oblanceolate or spatulate margins are entire or dentate. The leaf surface is often glaucous.
Flower color
Pink; White
Flower value
Showy
Flower form
Corymb; Cyme
Flower shape
Star
Flower detail
White or pale pink tinged 5 petaled star shaped flowers with a green keel are grouped together and give the corymbose cyme inflorences a soft fuzzy look. The infloreces are about 3" across. Flowers appear in the summer to early fall.
Bloom time
Fall; Summer
Fruit type
Follicle
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Native
Origin
Candada and eastern U.S.A.
Distribution
CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, VA, WV, Ontario, introduced in NY
Food & Medicine
Fruit type
Follicle
Landscape Use
Landscape theme
Cottage Garden; Drought Tolerant Garden; Native Garden; Rock Garden
Design feature
Border
Garden tags
#rock garden #border front #drought tolerant #white flowers #flowers early fall #summer flowers #NC native #flowers late summer #native succulent #pink flowers