Sedum obtusatum

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Sedum obtusatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. obtusatum
Binomial name
Sedum obtusatum

Sedum obtusatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common name Sierra stonecrop. [1] It is native to the Sierra Nevada and adjacent high mountain ranges of California, its distribution extending north into Oregon and east into Nevada. It grows in rocky mountain habitat.

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Description

It is a succulent plant forming basal rosettes of waxy leaves. The leaves are oval or spoon shaped and up to 3 centimeters long, with smaller ones occurring farther up the stem. The leaves are green to blue green to red tinged or all red. The inflorescence is an erect, sometimes flat-topped array of many flowers. The flowers have white petals tinged with green, yellow, or orange. It typically blooms from May to June. [2]

Though it is not an obligatory host, it is described as a beneficial organism for the Euptoieta claudia butterfly. [3]

Variety

One variety of this species, var. paradisum, is a very rare plant limited to the Trinity Mountains of California; it is sometimes treated as a species in its own right, the Canyon Creek stonecrop (Sedum paradisum). [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Sedum obtusatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. "Calflora: Sedum obtusatum". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  3. "Plant Characteristics and Associations - Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  4. USDA Plants Profile: S. paradisum
  5. Flora of North America: var. paradisum