[The Stonecrop Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Spreading Stonecrop, Cascade Stonecrop, Pacific Stonecrop

Sedum divergens

Synonym: Amerosedum divergens

Spreading Stonecrop, Cascade Stonecrop, Pacific Stonecrop: Sedum divergens (Synonym: Amerosedum divergens)

Spreading stonecrop as seen along the Pacific Crest Trail near Crown Point to the southeast of Crystal Mountain Ski Area, Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest...........August 26, 2014. Note the opposite leaves which help identify this species.

Spreading Stonecrop, Cascade Stonecrop, Pacific Stonecrop: Sedum divergens (Synonym: Amerosedum divergens)

Spreading stonecrop in bloom at a rock outcrop along the Strawberry Mountain Trail #220 about one-half mile south of the summit of Strawberry Mountain, Mount Saint Helens National Monument........June 21, 2015.

Spreading Stonecrop, Cascade Stonecrop, Pacific Stonecrop: Sedum divergens (Synonym: Amerosedum divergens)

Spreading stonecrop beginning to bloom on a gravel bar about one hundred meters upstream from a crossing of an old pack trail (which heads north to the North Fork Conrad Creek and then to the Devils Horn) of the South Fork Conrad Creek, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 23, 2016.

Paul Slichter