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Davidson's stonecrop

Sedum niveum

Also called Pine City Sedum, Snowy Stonecrop

Davidson's stonecrop
Photo: (c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
California to Mexico (Baja California Norte)
Climate
subtropical

About

Sedum niveum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common name Davidson's stonecrop. It is native to southern California and northern Baja California, where it is known from several local mountain ranges. It grows in rocky, forested habitat. It is a succulent plant forming basal mats of spoon-shaped or oval leaves no more than a centimeter long. The small inflorescence grows up to 9 centimeters tall and bears several flowers with white petals tinged or veined with pink. The stamens have red or black anthers.

Other Sedum plants

Stonecrop · Biting Stonecrop · Alamos Stonecrop · Feather River stonecrop · Sedum album subsp. rupimelitense · White Stonecrop · Alfred's Stonecrop · Alpine Stonecrop · English Stonecrop · Sedum atratum · Short Leaved Stonecrop · Sedum brissemoretii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum niveum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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