Sedum lanceolatum

Sedum lanceolatum
Subspecies lanceolatum, White River National Forest, Colorado

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. lanceolatum
Binomial name
Sedum lanceolatum
Subspecies
  • S. lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum
  • S. lanceolatum subsp. nesioticum
The range of Sedum lanceolatum in western North America
Synonyms
  • Amerosedum lanceolatum
  • Sedum lanceolatum subsp. typicum

Sedum lanceolatum is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family known by the common names lanceleaf stonecrop and spearleaf stonecrop.

It is native to western North America and occurs in western Canada and the United States. It is distributed from Alaska to Arizona and New Mexico and as far east as South Dakota and Nebraska. It grows in exposed, rocky mountainous habitats at moderate and high elevations, up to 4,048 meters (13,281 ft) in the Rocky Mountains. The plant persisted and evolved on sky islands and nunataks in these ranges during glaciation events during the Pleistocene epoch.