Sedum morganianum
The familiar trailing burro's tail, with stems to about 60 cm densely clothed in plump blue-green leaves. In the wild it is a micro-endemic known from only two ravines in Tenampa, central Veracruz, where it hangs from vertical cliffs of igneous rock in tropical deciduous forest. Give it bright light, sharp drainage, a dry cool winter and a place where it can hang undisturbed.
Where it grows wild
Hangs from vertical igneous cliffs in ravines within tropical deciduous forest in central Veracruz. Cliff plants get bright light, some shade from the ravine walls, and perfect drainage; their roots sit in thin pockets of soil in rock cracks.
The wild ravines at Tenampa are in the foothills at roughly 900–1200 m. The GBIF records span 896–2668 m, median 2236 m, but most high records are from around Mexico City and are almost certainly cultivated or escaped plants.
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