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 Status – Protected 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
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