Species · genus Sedum · Crassulaceae

Colorado Stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium Hook.

Also known as: Broad-leaved Stonecrop · Broadleaf Stonecrop · Colerado Stonecrop · Pacific Stonecrop · Spatula-leaved Stonecrop

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington

Reference · S. spathulifolium

Cultivars of S. spathulifolium

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

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

Guide

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Sedum spathulifolium is a small succulent subshrub from the rocky outcrops and open slopes of the western North American coast, where it stores water in fleshy leaves and tolerates lean, fast-draining soil. Give it gritty, sharply drained mix and bright sun, and water deeply only when the soil has dried fully through the pot — typically every 10 to 21 days, leaning toward the longer interval. It rots quickly if left sitting in moisture, so when in doubt, wait.

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 10-21d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

4–24 °C

Soil mix

Very gritty, sharply draining succulent mix

Propagation

Offsets and rosette division; leaf and stem cuttings

Fertilizing

Little to none — a weak feed once in spring at most

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Bright yellow flowers on short stalks in spring

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 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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