Sedum oreganum
Sedum oreganum in Mount Rainier National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. oreganum
Binomial name
Sedum oreganum

Sedum oreganum is a species of succulent plant of the genus Sedum. It grows along the Pacific Coast of North America[1] from Alaska to far northern California. The plant, known by the common name Oregon stonecrop,[2] grows in many types of rocky habitat, including coastal bluffs and cliffs and the talus of higher inland mountains.

References

  1. Pojar, Jim; Andy MacKinnon (2004). Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Lone Pine Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-55105-530-5.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sedum oreganum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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