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broad-leaf stonecrop, Pacific stonecrop, spatula-leaf stonecrop

Rogue River stonecrop

Habit Herbs, perennial, mat-forming, glabrous. Herbs, perennial, tufted, glabrous proximally, glandular-pubescent distally.
Stems

rhizomatous, procumbent or creeping, much-branched, bearing terminal rosettes.

rootstocks, vertical, branched, (glandular), bearing terminal rosettes.

Flowering shoots

erect, simple, 3–14 cm;

leaf blades spatulate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

recurved when young, simple, 13–30 cm, (glandular-pubescent);

leaf blades oblong-oblanceolate, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

Leaves

alternate, spreading, petiolate;

blade green, often glaucous or pruinose, spatulate, terete to laminar, 7–19 × 4.5–10 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex rounded or truncate, submucronate, (surfaces papillose marginally).

alternate, ascending, sessile;

blade green, glaucous when young, oblong-spatulate, laminar, 14–32 × 9–14 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex widely rounded to obtuse or emarginate, with papillose-crenulate appendage, (surfaces of proximal leaves glabrous, of distal leaves glandular-hairy).

Inflorescences

cymes, ca. 30-flowered, ca. 3-branched;

branches not recurved, forked;

bracts oblong-spatulate or linear, ca. 3 cm, base not spurred.

cymes (sometimes appearing paniculate), 20–30-flowered, (2–)3-branched;

branches not recurved, not forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

Pedicels

2–8 mm.

1–3.6 mm.

Flowers

5-merous;

sepals spreading to erect, connate basally, green or yellow-green, glaucous or pruinose, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, oblong-ovate, or obovate, equal, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, apex acute or obtuse;

petals widely spreading from short, erect base, distinct or slightly connate basally, yellow, linear to oblanceolate, not carinate, 4.5–9 mm, apex acute;

filaments yellow;

anthers yellow;

nectar scales yellow, reniform or nearly square.

5-merous;

sepals erect, connate basally, green, ovate or lanceolate, equal, 6.5–8.5 × 3–4.5 mm, apex obtuse or acute, (glandular-pubescent);

petals erect, (convolute), connate basally, sulphur yellow, oblong-lanceolate, not carinate, 12.5–16 mm, apex aristate, (glandular-pubescent);

filaments greenish yellow;

anthers yellow;

nectar scales white or translucent, narrowly reniform.

Carpels

divergent in fruit, connate basally, brown.

subdivergent in fruit, connate basally, brown.

2n

= 30.

= 30.

Sedum spathulifolium

Sedum moranii

Phenology Flowering late May-early Jun.
Habitat Serpentine outcrops
Elevation 100-800 m (300-2600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC
[WildflowerSearch map]
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
OR
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

The mature carpels of Sedum spathulifolium have five ribs and prominent lips along the adaxial suture. The flowers are sweetly fragrant.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

Sedum moranii is known only from one canyon off the Rogue River in Josephine County, southwestern Oregon.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Primary rosettes 2.5-3.7 cm diam.; leaf blades not pruinose, glaucous or not, 1.4-2.1 mm thick; flowers 1.2-1.6 cm diam.
var. spathulifolium
1. Primary rosettes 1.5-2.1 cm diam.; leaf blades pruinose, not glaucous, 2.1-2.5 mm thick; flowers 1-1.2 cm diam.
var. pruinosum
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 222. FNA vol. 8, p. 220.
Parent taxa Crassulaceae > Sedum Crassulaceae > Sedum
Sibling taxa
S. acre, S. albomarginatum, S. album, S. annuum, S. borschii, S. cockerellii, S. debile, S. divergens, S. glaucophyllum, S. havardii, S. hispanicum, S. lanceolatum, S. laxum, S. leibergii, S. lineare, S. mexicanum, S. moranii, S. nanifolium, S. nevii, S. niveum, S. nuttallii, S. oblanceolatum, S. obtusatum, S. ochroleucum, S. oreganum, S. oregonense, S. praealtum, S. pulchellum, S. pusillum, S. radiatum, S. robertsianum, S. rupestre, S. rupicola, S. sarmentosum, S. sexangulare, S. stelliforme, S. stenopetalum, S. ternatum, S. villosum, S. wrightii
S. acre, S. albomarginatum, S. album, S. annuum, S. borschii, S. cockerellii, S. debile, S. divergens, S. glaucophyllum, S. havardii, S. hispanicum, S. lanceolatum, S. laxum, S. leibergii, S. lineare, S. mexicanum, S. nanifolium, S. nevii, S. niveum, S. nuttallii, S. oblanceolatum, S. obtusatum, S. ochroleucum, S. oreganum, S. oregonense, S. praealtum, S. pulchellum, S. pusillum, S. radiatum, S. robertsianum, S. rupestre, S. rupicola, S. sarmentosum, S. sexangulare, S. spathulifolium, S. stelliforme, S. stenopetalum, S. ternatum, S. villosum, S. wrightii
Subordinate taxa
S. spathulifolium var. pruinosum, S. spathulifolium var. spathulifolium
Synonyms Cotyledon glandulifera, Gormania glandulifera
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 227. (1832) R. T. Clausen: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 40. (1942)
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