Sedum spathulifolium

Broadleaf stonecrop

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Broadleaf stonecrop is a California native perennial found in northwestern, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, central western, Transverse Range, and Peninsular Range regions on dry rocky slopes, marine bluffs, roadcuts, open forests, and mossy riparian outcrops at elevations from sea level to 3,200 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces yellow flowers in flat-topped clusters with 5 to 65 blossoms, each petal 4.5 to 9 millimeters long. Growing 3 to 29 centimeters tall with stout rhizomes and elongate stolons, it often forms large evergreen mats. Its rosette leaves are distinctive, ranging from green to blue-green, gray, pink, or red, with obovate to broadly obovate blades 7 to 19 millimeters long that are strongly flattened and sometimes have rounded or acute tips. The plant can create dense, flat rosettes up to 6 centimeters in diameter, with outer rosette leaves significantly larger than inner ones.

Habitat: dry rocky slopes, cliffs, marine bluffs, roadcuts, open forest, mossy riparian outcrops, stone walls, full sun to full shade, on varied substrates, including serpentine

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: 0-3200 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, CW, TR, PR

California counties: Humboldt, Siskiyou, Riverside, Los Angeles, Del Norte, San Bernardino, Sonoma, Mendocino, Trinity, Fresno, Monterey, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Marin, Lake, Tehama, Santa Clara, Butte, Plumas, Yolo, Napa, Santa Cruz, Placer, El Dorado, Nevada, San Francisco, San Diego, San Mateo, San Benito, Kern, Sierra, Shasta, Glenn, Madera, Contra Costa, Tulare, Solano, Santa Barbara

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