Plants 5-15 cm. Rosette leaf blades 4.2-9 × 1.5-2.5 mm. Flowers: sepals 2-4 mm; petals 6-9 mm.

Flowering spring-fall. Gravel, crevices of rocks in open situations, rocky meadows, boreal steppe, open, dry, sandy areas; 0-4100 m; Alta., B.C., Sask., Yukon; Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

The name Sedum lanceolatum Torrey var. subalpinum (Fröderström) Ohba is illegitimate because there was already a heterotypic infraspecific name [subsp. subalpinum (Blankinship) R. T. Clausen] under the species although at a different rank.

LEAVES: 4-9 mm long, 1.7-2.5 mm wide.

FLOWERS: sepals 2-4 mm long; petals mostly 6-9 mm long, to 3mm wide. 2n in AZ = 32.

NOTES: See also parent taxon. Open rocky areas: Apache, Coconino, Navajo cos.; 2000-2400 m (6500-8000 ft); Jun-Aug, CA, NM, n to Yukon and Northwest Territories, Can.

REFERENCES: Moran, Reid. 1994. Bixaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27, 190-194.