Stonecrop

Sedum diffusum S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 25 : 148. 1890
Rootstock widely branched, fleshy; stem short, the slender branches spreading, 1.5
dm. long or less, glabrous, very leafy. Leaves sessile or somewhat clasping, narrowly
oblong, obtuse, 4-9 mm. long; flowers sessile in secund spikes at the ends of the branches,
mostly longer than the bracts ; calyxsegments ovate, obtuse ; petals 4-6 mm. long, twice
as long as the calyx, white, narrowly oblong, acute ; stamens very short ; follicles widely
divergent, abruptly subulatetipped.
Type locality : Dry limestone ledges in the Sierra de la Silla, near Monterey, Mexico. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.