About
Known commonly as donkey tail or burro's tail, *Sedum morganianum* is a popular, trailing succulent prized for its cascading stems and vibrant terminal flowers. It is a micro-endemic species native to southern Mexico.
Field notes
Morphology
The plant produces trailing stems up to 60 cm (24 in) long, featuring fleshy blue-green leaves and terminal pink to red flowers in summer. The leaves and stems exhibit a clearly visible wax layer (farina).
Distribution & habitat
Native to southern Mexico, specifically found wild in two ravines at Tenampa county in central Veracruz, and on vertical cliffs of igneous rock in the Tropical Deciduous Forest zone.
Cultivation notes
It is best grown indoors in a window with full sunlight for strong growth and enhanced leaf coloration, requiring regular, moderate watering year-round, though less frequently in winter. It can be grown outside in appropriate climates, provided frost is not a threat, but must be sheltered from extreme heat and excess rainfall. Propagation is easily achieved using stem or leaf cuttings, as the leaves readily root where they fall.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Mexico
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- easy