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Cliff Stonecrop
A native perennial, this wildflower is quite different in appearance from other flora on display in the Gallery.
It is a succulent, with thick, fleshy foliage, colored a subdued shade of grayish green.
This established colony was found growing on a shear limestone wall in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Found only in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland, it has been declared an endangered species in Maryland.
In Virginia it is limited by its habitat requirements to the central and western parts of the state; but fortunately, it is not categorized as a threatened variety.
This exquisite miniature, standing less than a half-inch tall, clings to a shear limestone outcrop overlooking the Shenandoah Valley hundreds of feet below.
These tiny, pure-white Sedum glaucophyllum blossoms truly grace this special ecological niche with a sublime, yet fleeting, beauty. As Jesus said: Consider..., if God so clothe the grass of the field....
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