Sedum obtusatum subsp. obtusatum

Gormania hallii Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 29. 1903
Spreading, matted, green, not glaucous, the flowering stems 8 cm. high or less. Leaves spatulate to spatulate-obovate, 15 mm. long or less, 4-6 mm. wide, rounded or slightly retuse at the apex, a little concave on the upper surface, the upper ones similar, narrower ; cal3rx about 3 mm. long, its segments oblong-lanceolate, obtusish ; corolla bright-yellow, about 7 mm. long, its tube somewhat shorter than the calyx, its lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtusish ; pedicels very slender, 2-8 mm. long ; cyme little compound, thyrsoid, about ; cm. broad, 3-5 cm. high.
Type locality : Vicinity of Tuolumne meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. Distribution : Central California.

Gormania obtusata (A. Gray) Britton, Bull. N. Y
Bot. Gard. 3: 29. 1903.
Sedum obtusatum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7 : 342. 1868.
Green or slightly glaucous; rootstock rather stout. Flowering stems 7-15 cm. tall 3 leaves spatulate, obtuse, the larger about 2 cm. long ; cyme somewhat elongated, often longer than broad, its branches rather slender ; pedicels 3-6 mm. long ; calyxsegments ovate, obtuse or obtusish, about 2 mm. long; corollasegments oblong-lanceolate to ovatelanceolate, yellow, united for one-fourth their length or less, acute, 5-6 mm. long, a little longer than the stamens and styles.
Type locaxity : Granite rocks in the Sierra Nevada, California, on Mount Hoffman and above
Sonora Pass.
Distribution : Sierra Nevada of California.