Sedum laxum

Rose flowered stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rose flowered stonecrop is a California native perennial found in rocky habitats throughout the state's mountain ranges at elevations ranging from low to moderate elevations. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces pale to dark pink flowers with white margins or tips, arranged in compact clusters atop glaucous stems. Growing 8 to 48 centimeters tall with dense or loose rosettes, it forms distinctive ground-hugging clusters with succulent-like characteristics. Its leaves are strongly flattened, with rosette leaves 12 to 51 millimeters long and 7 to 23 millimeters wide, featuring rounded or subtly notched tips that create a distinctive architectural form. The plant produces mature follicles 6 to 12 millimeters long, with delicate white to pink filaments and dark red to red-orange anthers that age to black or white.

California counties: Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Sierra

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