Burke: Sedum stenopetalum

	Sedum stenopetalum
	wormleaf stonecrop
Habit	Glabrous perennial herbs from rhizomes, with numerous sterile shoots, the flowering stems erect to ascending, up to 2 dm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves alternate, linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, keeled or nerved, narrowly tapered to a sharp tip, 5-15 mm. long, deciduous by flowering, except the decumbent branches have many leaves persistent, sometimes only the mid-ribs remaining; upper cauline leaves sometimes persistent and bearing bulblet-like structures.
Flowers	Flowers in compact cymes; sepals 5, lanceolate, 2 mm. long; petals 5, yellow, 6-8 mm. long, spreading, lanceolate, acuminate and ending in a sharp point; stamens 10, 1.5-2.5 mm. shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals. Occasionally some or all of the flowers are reduced to bulblets.
Fruits	Follicles 5, widely divergent.

	Sedum stenopetalum
Flowering time	May-July
Habitat	Grasslands and ponderosa pine forests to sub-alpine ridges, on dry, gravelly benches, rock crevices and talus.
Distribution	Occurring chiefly east of the Cascade crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Rocky Mountains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	S. acre, S. album, S. brevifolium, S. divergens, S. forsterianum, S. lanceolatum, S. leibergii, S. oreganum, S. rupicola, S. spathulifolium, S. thartii
Subordinate taxa	S. stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum
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

Sedum stenopetalum

wormleaf stonecrop

Habit

Glabrous perennial herbs from rhizomes, with numerous sterile shoots, the flowering stems erect to ascending, up to 2 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, keeled or nerved, narrowly tapered to a sharp tip, 5-15 mm. long, deciduous by flowering, except the decumbent branches have many leaves persistent, sometimes only the mid-ribs remaining; upper cauline leaves sometimes persistent and bearing bulblet-like structures.

Flowers

Flowers in compact cymes;

sepals 5, lanceolate, 2 mm. long;

petals 5, yellow, 6-8 mm. long, spreading, lanceolate, acuminate and ending in a sharp point;

stamens 10, 1.5-2.5 mm. shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals. Occasionally some or all of the flowers are reduced to bulblets.

Fruits

Follicles 5, widely divergent.