Sedum albomarginatum

Feather river stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Feather river stonecrop is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in northern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Plumas and Butte counties on steep dry rocky slopes, sunny to partly shaded cliffs at elevations of 400 to 1,900 meters. Flowering in June, this plant produces pale yellow to greenish-yellow flowers 9 to 12 millimeters long with erose margins and acute tips. Growing 14 to 29 centimeters tall with stout short rhizomes, it forms dense rosettes with a distinctive white waxy coating that leaves a residue on fingers when handled. Its leaves are strongly flattened, oblanceolate, ranging 14 to 60 millimeters long and 5 to 18 millimeters wide, with rounded or slightly notched tips. The mature follicles are approximately 7 to 9 millimeters long and stand nearly erect.

Habitat: Steep dry rocky slopes, sunny to partly shaded cliffs, ledges, on serpentine or metasedimentary substrates

Bloom period: Jun

Elevation: 400-1900 m

Bioregions: n SNH (Plumas, Butte cos.).

California counties: Plumas, Butte

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.