Scientific Name: Sedum acre cvs.
Common Name: golden carpet, mossy stonecrop
Family Name: Crassulaceae
Origin: Africa, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: < 0.1m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Green roof technology, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, Yellow, Green-yellow, Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Small, +/- triangular shaped to linear, succulent leaves (initially tightly clustered) on upright stems.