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Sedum spathulifolium
Also called Spatula-leaf stonecrop, Colorado Stonecrop, Colerado Stonecrop, Pacific Stonecrop, Broad Leaved Stonecrop, Spatula Leaved Stonecrop
A low, evergreen succulent perennial that forms mats of small rosettes from rhizomes, native to western North America. It thrives as groundcover in well-drained soil and dislikes winter wet.
Sedum spathulifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common names broadleaf stonecrop, yellow stonecrop, and spoon-leaved stonecrop. An evergreen perennial, it is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California, where it can be found often in shade in many types of rocky habitat in coastal and inland hills and mountains.
This plant is useful as ornamental groundcover in well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. It dislikes winter wet. Numerous cultivars have been selected for garden use, of which 'Cape Blanco' and 'Purpureum' have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Stonecrop · Biting Stonecrop · White Stonecrop · Sedum brissemoretii · Broad Leaved Stonecrop · Thick-leaf stonecrop · Tree stonecrop · Euxinian Stonecrop · Sedum humifusum · Spearleaf stonecrop · Needle stonecrop · Mexican stonecrop
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sedum spathulifolium 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.
