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Sierra mock stonecrop

Sedella pumila

Sierra mock stonecrop
Photo: marlin harms, CC BY 2.0

Sierra mock stonecrop is a small annual succulent native to California, found in seasonally wet vernal pools and rocky serpentine or volcanic flats. It is not a common garden plant, and it is best grown in a shallow, free-draining, seasonally moist setting that mimics its natural habitat.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent, Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil lightly moist while it grows in the cool season, then let it dry out as it finishes its life cycle.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mix with some clay or mineral content, similar to serpentine or volcanic soils.
Temperature
Tolerates cool winters and mild summers; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Sedella pumila is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common name Sierra mock stonecrop. It is native to California, where it grows in the North Coast Ranges and adjacent sections of the Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada foothills. It is a plant of vernal pools and similar habitat, growing in rocky and gravelly flats of serpentine soils, limestone, and soils of volcanic origin, often alongside mosses. This is an annual herb growing 2 to 17 centimeters high, in shades of green, yellow, and red. It has small knobby succulent leaves each a few millimeters long. The flowers atop the threadlike stems have fleshy sepals and yellowish petals a few millimeters in length. The flowers have a musty scent.

Other Sedella plants

Congdon's mock stonecrop · Lake County mock stonecrop · Mt. Hamilton mock stonecrop · Mock stonecrop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedella pumila by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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