Sedum paradisum

Paradise stonecrop, Canyon Creek Stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Paradise stonecrop is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in the southeastern Klamath Ranges in Trinity County, growing on granite, meta-volcanic, and siltstone outcrops at elevations of 300 to 1,400 meters. Flowering in June, this plant produces white to cream flowers with hints of light yellow or pinkish bases, arranged in compact clusters 2.2 to 14 centimeters long. Growing with slender stems 4 to 25 centimeters tall, the plant forms dense rosettes with distinctive gray, blue-green, or pinkish leaves. Its rosette leaves are broadly obovate to oblanceolate, 10 to 50 millimeters long and 5 to 20 millimeters wide, with blunt or notched tips that often appear a flat gray or sometimes take on pinkish or greenish hues. The fruit consists of mature follicles 4.2 to 10 millimeters long, fused at the base and standing erect.

Habitat: Granite outcrops, meta-volcanic outcrops, siltstone

Bloom period: Jun

Elevation: 300-1400 m.

Bioregions: se KR (Trinity Co.).

California counties: Siskiyou, Trinity, Plumas, Shasta

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