About
A rosette-forming stonecrop of the Sierra Nevada and nearby high ranges, with waxy leaves that range from blue-green to red and pale flowers in early summer.
Field notes
Morphology
Basal rosettes of waxy, oval or spoon-shaped leaves up to 3 cm long, green to blue-green or red. Flowers are white tinged green, yellow or orange, in an upright, sometimes flat-topped cluster; blooms May to June.
Distribution & habitat
Sierra Nevada and adjacent high ranges of California, extending into Oregon and Nevada, in rocky mountain habitats.
Ecology
Considered beneficial, though not an obligate host, for the variegated fritillary butterfly (Euptoieta claudia).
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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