Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Sedum lanceolatum Torr. |
Bibliography | Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 205 (1827) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. & wc. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 0-4100m |
Description | glabrous, leaves alternate, linear to ovate, cylindrical, 5-20mm, often deciduous, flowers in compact cyme, pentamerous, petals acute, 5-8mm long |
Size | 3-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | - |
Type | succulent perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Amerosedum lanceolatum (Torr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Amerosedum subalpinum (Blank.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Sedum lanceolatum ssp. subalpinum (Blank.) R.T.Clausen Sedum lanceolatum var. subalpinum (Fröd.) H.Ohba Sedum lanceolatum ssp. typicum R.T.Clausen Sedum shastense Britton Sedum stenopetalum f. rubrolineatum Cockerell Sedum stenopetalum var. subalpinum Fröd. Sedum subalpinum Blank. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |