Sedum lanceolatum
Lanceleaf Stonecrop
Family: Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Photo taken at Swauk Pass, dry openly wooded rocky slope
© 1999 Thayne Tuason
Flowers:
petals 7 to 9 mm, yellow; 5 numerous, 10 stamens
Leaves:
alternate; flower stem leaves linear to linear lanceolate to ovate, 3 to 20 mm; not strongly incurved or keeled, and rarely overlapping on flower stems, broadest below midlength; generally finely papillate; basal rosette leaves 10 to 29 mm
Plant:
perennial; succulent and glabrous; 3 to 20 cm tall. Plant used as a laxative by the Okanagan-Colville.
Habitat:
open dry areas, mostly on rocks or gravel, from sea level to high mountains
Distribution of species:
Alaska and the Yukon to California, east to South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado
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