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Feather River stonecrop

Sedum albomarginatum

Feather River stonecrop
Photo: Scott Yarger, CC0

A rare California succulent that forms small blue-green rosettes on rocky serpentine cliffs along the Feather River. It is endemic to a few sites and is grown mainly by specialist collectors, so it needs sharp drainage, bright light and little water.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; keep it dry in winter.
Soil
Very gritty, fast-draining mix such as cactus mix with added grit or pumice, similar to its serpentine habitat.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to warm conditions, roughly 5–30 °C; protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NC. California
Climate
temperate

About

Sedum albomarginatum is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common name Feather River stonecrop. It is endemic to California where it is known from fewer than 20 occurrences along the Feather River in Plumas and Butte Counties. It grows on steep cliffs and mountain slopes in rocky serpentine substrates.

Other Sedum plants

Stonecrop · Biting Stonecrop · Alamos Stonecrop · Sedum album subsp. rupimelitense · White Stonecrop · Alfred's Stonecrop · Alpine Stonecrop · English Stonecrop · Sedum atratum · Short Leaved Stonecrop · Sedum brissemoretii · Baby Blue Stone Crop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum albomarginatum 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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