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

Creamy Stonecrop

Sedum oregonense

Synonym: Gormania watsonii

Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii) - Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii)

The photo at left shows creamy stonecrop in bloom on rock outcrops atop King Mountain at the King Mt. Rock Garden RNA to the north of Grants Pass, OR.......June 25, 2005. The photo at right shows creamy stonecrop beginning to bloom on rock outcrops along the Cedar Creek Trail #457 about three and one-half to four miles east of Fifteenmile Campground, Mount Hood National Forest......July 8, 2022.

Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii) - Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii)

Leaves of creamy stonecrop as seen at left from rock outcrops atop Grizzly Peak, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 27, 2021. The photo at right shows creamy stonecrop beginning to bloom on rock outcrops along the Cedar Creek Trail #457 about three and one-half to four miles east of Fifteenmile Campground, Mount Hood National Forest......June 27, 2023.

Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii) - Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii)

Close-up views of the broad, glaucous green leaves of creamy stonecrop as seen as seen on rock outcrops atop King Mountain at the King Mt. Rock Garden RNA to the north of Grants Pass, OR.......June 25, 2005.

Stem leaves of Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii)

Creamy stonecrop as seen on outcrops on a south-facing slope along the uppermost part of the Eightmile Loop Trail (about one-quarter mile southwest of Fivemile Butte).......May 17, 2015. Plants here were about a week or so from blooming.

Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense (Synonym: Gormania watsonii)

Creamy stonecrop as seen on outcrops on a south-facing slope along the uppermost part of the Eightmile Loop Trail (about one-quarter mile southwest of Fivemile Butte).......October 3, 2013.

Paul Slichter