Sedum divergens
Spreading stonecrop is a mat-forming, bead-leaved Sedum of rocky subalpine and alpine slopes from northern California to Alaska. It is fully cold hardy and needs a cold, snow-covered winter, bright light and sharp drainage; it sulks in warm, humid lowland summers.
Where it grows wild
Rocky slopes, talus, ledges and gravelly openings in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, mostly above the treeline or in open subalpine meadows, rooting in thin mineral soil.
Recorded from near sea level in the far north to about 2,390 m, median 1,600 m; most records are subalpine to alpine in the Cascades and Olympics.
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