Sedum eastwoodiae

Red mountain stonecrop, Red Mountain Stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Red mountain stonecrop is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in central North Coast Ranges of California, specifically Red Mountain in Mendocino County, on dry rocky serpentine slopes at elevations of 900 to 1,200 meters. Flowering in July, this plant produces pink flowers with broad white to pale pink margins, approximately 4 to 9 millimeters long, arranged in dense, flat-topped clusters. Growing with delicate stems 4 to 13 centimeters tall that are slightly glaucous and glabrous, it forms dense rosettes in sunny sites with nearly invisible internodes. Its rosette leaves are strongly flattened, 10 to 29 millimeters long, obovate to broadly obovate, with blunt to truncate tips that are slightly glaucous. The fruit consists of mature follicles fused at the base, bearing tiny seeds 1.1 to 1.8 millimeters long.

Habitat: dry rocky serpentine slopes, full sun to partial shade

Bloom period: Jul

Elevation: 900-1200 m

Bioregions: c NCoRO (Red Mtn, Mendocino Co.).

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