Sedum divergens

Cascade stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Cascade stonecrop is a native perennial herb found in the Klamath Ranges in sunny dry gravelly flats and rocky slopes at elevations of 1,600 to 2,400 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces bright yellow flowers in dense, flat-topped clusters with 1 to 17 blooms. Growing with decumbent stems 5 to 12 centimeters long that root at the nodes and have many ascending sterile shoots, it spreads close to the ground in compact formations. Its opposite leaves are small, 3 to 8 millimeters long, broadly elliptic to nearly spherical with rounded tips, and appear glabrous or finely textured. The mature plant develops yellow-petaled flowers with spreading lance-oblong petals and widely spreading follicles at maturity.

Habitat: Sunny dry gravelly flats, rocky slopes, ledges

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 1600-2400 m

Bioregions: KR

California counties: Humboldt, Trinity, Siskiyou

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