Sedum lanceolatum

Spearleaf stonecrop, Spearleaf Stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Spearleaf stonecrop is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, and Sierra Nevada on rocky outcrops and dry slopes at elevations of 1,800 to 2,800 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces bright yellow flowers with occasional red midribs, spreading in small clusters of 3 to 24 blossoms. Growing with dense rosettes 3 to 28 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters with short rhizomes and fibrous roots. Its leaves are distinctive, forming tight spirals of linear to narrowly elliptic shapes, ranging 5 to 30 millimeters long and often appearing glaucous with blunt to acute tips. The fruit consists of (3)5(7) mature follicles 4 to 9 millimeters long, fused at the base with slightly outcurved beak tips.

Habitat: Outcrops, dry rocky slopes, on varied substrates including granite, marble and serpentine

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 1800-2800 m

Bioregions: KR, CaR, SN

California counties: Siskiyou, Fresno, Tuolumne, Alpine, Modoc, Inyo, Tulare, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Mono, Lassen, Madera, Trinity, Plumas, Mariposa, Calaveras

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