Scientific Name: Sedum pulchellum 'Sea Star'
Common Name: Sea Star stonecrop, widow's cross
Family Name: Crassulaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, 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: Rock garden
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Needle-like, Spiraled, Succulent, Glabrous, Acicular, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, Pink, Apr
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Jun-Jul
Key ID Features:
Leaves cylindrical, curved, linear, most 15-20mm long x 1-2mm wide; most infloresences with 5 branches; florets about 6mm wide,4 pink petals, 4 green sepals, 4 pistils and 8 stamens.