Sedum rhodocarpum Rose

Sedum rhodocarpum Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 300. 1911
Perennial, 10-20 cm. high, the stems flaccid, glabrous, somewhat 3-angled, bearing 3-6 whorls of leaves. Leaves in 3's, flattened, rather thin, orbicular to spatulate, 2-4 cm. long, rounded at apex or sometimes retuse, narrowed at base into a short petiole; inflorescence cymose, few-flowered or sometimes reduced to one flower; pedicels 2-10 mm. long, often bearing a single bract near the middle; calyx green, deeply 5-parted; lobes often a little longer than the petals, obtuse, spreading, fleshy, 6-7 mm. long; petals distinct, broadly ovate, acute, reddish, in anthesis reflexed; stamens red, 10, the five alternating with the petals distinct, the other five borne on the base of the petals; carpels red, at first erect but in age widely spreading.
Type locality: In the Sierra Madre, near Monterey, Nuevo Leon.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.