Scientific Name: Sedum oreganum
Common Name: Oregon stonecrop
Family Name: Crassulaceae
Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Green roof technology, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Native planting
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Succulent, Glabrous, Obovate, Spatulate, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, White, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Follicle
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate on flowering stems, obovate to spoon-shaped, 6-12mm wide x 20-30mm long; florets in terminal, umbrella-shaped clusters, petals 5, narrowly lanceolate and long-pointed, yellow then turning pinkish, (8) 10-13mm long; follicles erect with bases slightly fused. <a href ='http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Sedum%20oreganum' target='_blank'>E-Flora BC</a>