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.

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

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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