Live-forever, Hylotelephium telephium (L.) [Sedum telephium], Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, Witch's Moneybags

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Live Forever	Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H. Ohba. [Old: Sedum telephium and S. purpureum.]	Stonecrop	Upland	Late Summer to Early Autumn
Other names and notes	(Witch's moneybags, Orpine, Aaron's Rod). The Live Forevers are plants with star-shaped flowers and coarse toothed leaves. This is a short erect plant, up to 1 1/2 feet high, with pink flowers. The flowers can also be whitish. Stems are un-branched. Leaves are flat, mostly elliptical and can be either opposite or alternate, very often with course teeth.



Notes: Eloise Butler first introduced this plant to the Garden in 1910 with a planting on Oct. 21st with plants obtained in the vicinity of Cedar Ave and 21st St. in Minneapolis. Martha Crone first planted it in 1933, then again in 1935 and '36. This plant was listed on Martha Crone's 1951 inventory of plants in the Garden at that time and has been on the current Garden Plant Lists. Martha Crone listed it in the "Orpine" family. Distribution has been reported in 10 scattered counties in Minnesota, including Hennepin, but the plant is not native and was introduced to North America from Europe.
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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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