Sedum pulchellum

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|genus = Sedum

|species = pulchellum

|authority = Michx.

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Sedum pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common names widowscross{{PLANTS|id=SEPU|taxon=Sedum pulchellum|accessdate=9 November 2015}} and widow's cross. It is native to calcareous areas of the South-Central and Southeastern United States, where it is found on flat rock outcrops, particularly cedar glades.{{cite web |url=http://ozarkedgewildflowers.com/summer-wildflowers/widows-cross-sedum-pulchellum/ |title=Widow's Cross (Sedum pulchellum) |website=Ozarkedge Wildflowers}} Most populations are in the Interior Low Plateau, and Ozark and Ouachita Mountains.{{BONAP|ref|genus=Sedum|species=pulchellum}}

It produces pink-white flowers in late spring.{{cite web |title=Widow's Cross (Sedum pulchellum) |url=http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/widow_cross.html |website=Illinois Wildflowers |date=2016 |last=Hilty |first=John }} It is a winter annual, germinating in the fall and dying in the summer.{{cite journal |jstor=2442487 |first1=Jerry M. |last1=Baskin |first2=Carol C. |last2=Baskin |title=Germination Ecology of Sedum pulchellum Michx. (Crassulaceae) |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=64 |issue=10 |date=1977 |pages=1242–1247 |doi=10.2307/2442487}}