Sedum niveum

Snowy or davidson's stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Snowy stonecrop is a rare (CNPS 4.2) California native perennial found in the southern Mojave Mountains, eastern Peninsular Ranges (Santa Rosa Mountains), and Desert Mountains on steep dry rocky slopes, cliffs, ridgelines, and open conifer forests at elevations of 1,600 to 3,100 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white to pale pink-streaked flowers in small, dense clusters with 1 to 9 blossoms. Growing in compact mats with short stems 3 to 9 centimeters tall, it forms dense rosettes about 0.6 to 1.7 centimeters in diameter. Its leaves are distinctively flattened, green or reddish, oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 5 to 9 millimeters long with blunt to acute tips. The plant produces small erect follicles 5 to 7 millimeters long, containing dark brown to reddish-brown seeds with a subtle netted surface.

Habitat: Steep dry rocky slopes, cliffs, ridgelines, open conifer forest, full sun or partial shade

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1600-3100 m

Bioregions: SnBr, e PR (Santa Rosa Mtns), DMtns (New York Mtns)

California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside

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