Burke: Sedum lanceolatum vs. Sedum rupicola

	Sedum lanceolatum	Sedum rupicola
	lance-leaved stonecrop	lance-leaved stonecrop
Habit	Carpels 5, erect, distinct, the styles very short, divergent.	Glabrous perennial from rhizomes, with numerous sterile shoots and basal rosettes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate and terete to ovate and somewhat flattened, not keeled, 5-20 mm. long, mostly deciduous by flowering time.	Leaves alternate, ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly flattened, 4-9 mm. long, incurved, mostly deciduous by flowering time.
Flowers	Follicles 5, erect, united at the base, each with a small gland at the base, and tipped by the erect or divergent, tapered style.	Flowers mostly in compact cymes; sepals 5, triangular-lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm. long; petals 5, yellow, distinct, lanceolate and pointed, 6-7 mm. long; stamens 10, spreading, about 2 mm. shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals.
Fruits	Erect follicles.	Follicles 5, erect, united at the base, each with a small gland at the base, and tipped by the erect or divergent, tapered style.

	Sedum lanceolatum	Sedum rupicola
Identification notes	Leaves of flower stems are alternate, terete and not strongly incurved.
Flowering time	May-August	June-August
Habitat	On rocks or gravel in open, dry areas, from sea level to the alpine.	Open, exposed places, usually on rocks or in gravelly soil, at moderate elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains in the U.S. and Canada. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington east to Idaho. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	S. acre, S. album, S. brevifolium, S. divergens, S. forsterianum, S. leibergii, S. oreganum, S. rupicola, S. spathulifolium, S. stenopetalum, S. thartii	S. acre, S. album, S. brevifolium, S. divergens, S. forsterianum, S. lanceolatum, S. leibergii, S. oreganum, S. spathulifolium, S. stenopetalum, S. thartii
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Sedum lanceolatum

Sedum rupicola

lance-leaved stonecrop

Habit

Carpels 5, erect, distinct, the styles very short, divergent.

Glabrous perennial from rhizomes, with numerous sterile shoots and basal rosettes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate and terete to ovate and somewhat flattened, not keeled, 5-20 mm. long, mostly deciduous by flowering time.

Leaves alternate, ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly flattened, 4-9 mm. long, incurved, mostly deciduous by flowering time.

Flowers

Follicles 5, erect, united at the base, each with a small gland at the base, and tipped by the erect or divergent, tapered style.

Flowers mostly in compact cymes;

sepals 5, triangular-lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm. long;

petals 5, yellow, distinct, lanceolate and pointed, 6-7 mm. long;

stamens 10, spreading, about 2 mm. shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals.

Fruits

Erect follicles.

Follicles 5, erect, united at the base, each with a small gland at the base, and tipped by the erect or divergent, tapered style.

Sedum lanceolatum

Sedum rupicola

Identification notes

Leaves of flower stems are alternate, terete and not strongly incurved.

Flowering time

May-August

June-August

Habitat

On rocks or gravel in open, dry areas, from sea level to the alpine.

Open, exposed places, usually on rocks or in gravelly soil, at moderate elevations in the mountains.

Distribution

Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains in the U.S. and Canada.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]