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Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum
wormleaf stonecrop
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Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascade crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Rocky Mountains, except where subsp. ciliosum occurs.

Habitat: Grasslands and ponderosa pine forests to sub-alpine ridges, on dry, gravelly benches, rock crevices and talus.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies

Description:
General:

Glabrous perennial herbs from rhizomes, with numerous sterile shoots, the flowering stems erect to ascending, up to 2 dm. tall.

Leaves:

Leaves alternate, linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, keeled or nerved, narrowly tapered to a sharp tip, 5-15 mm. long, deciduous by flowering, except the decumbent branches have many leaves persistent, sometimes only the mid-ribs remaining; upper cauline leaves sometimes persistent and bearing bulblet-like structures.

Flowers:

Flowers in compact cymes; sepals 5, lanceolate, 2 mm. long; petals 5, yellow, 6-8 mm. long, spreading, lanceolate, acuminate and ending in a sharp point; stamens 10, 1.5-2.5 mm. shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals. Occasionally some or all of the flowers are reduced to bulblets.

Fruits:

Follicles 5, widely divergent.

Accepted Name:
Sedum stenopetalum Pursh ssp. stenopetalum

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Sedum monanthum Suksd.
Sedum stenopetalum Pursh ssp. monanthum (Suksd.) R.T. Clausen [KZ99]
Sedum stenopetalum Pursh var. monanthum (Suksd.) H. Ohba [FNA8]
Sedum stenopetalum Pursh var. stenopetalum [FNA8]
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum checklist entry

OregonFlora: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum information

E-Flora BC: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum atlas page

CalPhotos: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum photos

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