Species · genus Sedum · Crassulaceae

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum Bunge

Also known as: Runner-producing Stonecrop · Gold Moss · Graveyard Moss · Orpin Sarmenteux · Star Sedum

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Thailand, Vietnam

Reference · S. sarmentosum

Cultivars of S. sarmentosum

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under S. sarmentosum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Sedum sarmentosum is a creeping succulent perennial from East Asia, storing water in its fleshy leaves and trailing stems. It wants gritty, fast-draining mix and bright light, ideally several hours of direct sun. Water deeply only once the soil has dried out completely, when the leaves begin to feel slightly soft rather than firm; it rots quickly if left sitting wet.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-18d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 18 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

5–27 °C

Soil mix

Free-draining gritty succulent mix

Propagation

Trailing stems root at the nodes; cuttings root easily

Fertilizing

Minimal — a dilute feed once in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Yellow star flowers in late spring to summer

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-18d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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