Redpod Stonecrop

Clementsia rhodantha
Add: Illustration: Clements, Rocky Mt. Fl. pi. 30, f. 1.
32. Insert:
1 la. Villadia diffusa Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 302. 1911.
Caulescent, much branched, somewhat woody at base, glabrous, purplish; leaves alternate, ovate, obtuse, 6 mm. long, glabrous; inflorescence an open spike, 2-12 cm. long; flowers subtended by a leaf-like bract; sepals 2-3 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, green; corolla about 6 mm. long, pinkish, the lobes acute, the tube about one-fourth the whole length; styles slender.
Type locality: On Sierra Blanca, Chiapas. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Clementsia rhodantha (A. Gray) Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot
Gard. 3: 3. 1903.
Sedum rhodanthum A. Gray, Am. Jour. Sci. II. 33 : 405. 1862.
Glabrous; stems several or numerous from a thick rootstock, simple, stout, 1.5-3.5 dm. tall. Leaves linear-oblong to oblanceolate, sessile, numerous, scattered, 1.5-3 cm. long, entire or few-toothed, acutish or blunt ; raceme thyrsoid, usually longer than broad, very dense, sometimes 6 cm. long; pedicels 1-3 mm. long; calyx-segments linear to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 mm. long ; petals rose-colored to white, linear-lanceolate, about twice as long as the calyx; stamens nearly as long as the petals, adnate to them below the middle ; follicles erect, their subulate tips slightly spreading.
Type locality : High alpine region of the Rocky Mountains.
Distribution : Meadows and along streams in the Rocky Mountains, Arizona and Utah to Montana.

Rhodiola rhodantha, common name redpod stonecrop or queen's crown, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae.