Sedum rubiginosum

Tedoc stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Tedoc stonecrop is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in rocky serpentine slopes at elevations of 1,300 to 1,500 meters. Flowering in June, this plant produces yellow flowers with orange, red, or pink highlights, creating delicate clusters in dense rosettes up to 18 centimeters long. Growing with glaucous stems 6 to 29 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters in sunny locations with stems that can obscure the spaces between leaf clusters. Its leaves are distinctive, ranging from green to gray, orange, red, or purple, with oblanceolate to obovate shapes that are strongly flattened and 9 to 72 millimeters long. The plant's rosette leaves are larger than its stem leaves, with blunt or truncate tips that create a unique architectural form.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, talus, full sun or partial shade, on serpentine

Bloom period: Jun

Elevation: 1300-1500 m

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