Sedum cockerellii – Cockerell's Stonecrop

Sedum cockerellii - Cockerell's Stonecrop, Cockerell's Sedum (pink flowers)

Sedum cockerellii - Cockerell's Stonecrop, Cockerell's Sedum (white flowers)

Sedum cockerellii - Cockerell's Stonecrop, Cockerell's Sedum

Plant Name

Scientific Name: Sedum cockerellii

Synonyms: Cockerellia cockerellii, Sedum cockerelli [sic], S. griffithsii, S. wootonii

Common Names: Cockerell's Stonecrop, Cockerell's Sedum

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Herb/Forb

Arizona Native Status: Native

Habitat: Mountain. This wildflower grows on rocky, shady to partly shady, often mossy slopes in coniferous forests.

Flower Color: Pale pink, White

Flowering Season: Late summer, Early fall

Height: Up to 8 inches (20 cm) tall

Description: The flowers are small and have 5 narrowly triangular petals that together resemble a 5-pointed star. The leaves are plump, succulent, green to tinged red, hairless, alternate, sessile, egg-shaped to narrowly spoon-shaped, and flattened in cross section. The stems are plump, succulent, reddish, and hairless.

The similar Huachuca Mountain Stonecrop (Sedum stelliforme) has narrower, terete (circular in cross section) leaves.

Special Characteristics

Legal StatusProtected Native Plant (Salvage Restricted)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Rosales
Family: Crassulaceae – Stonecrop family
Genus: Sedum L. – stonecrop
Species: Sedum cockerellii Britton – Cockerell's stonecrop

More About This Plant

Arizona County Distribution Map