Accession Data

Sedum morganianum

Common Name: Burro's Tail, Cola de Borrego

Family: Crassulaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico (Veracruz)

Description: Burro's Tail is one of the most commonly cultivated succulent plants, although its original wild habitat was a mystery for many decades. A small natural population was discovered in remote canyons in Veracruz, Mexico, in 2008. All cultivated S. morganianum plants around the world presumably derive from this population, via local nurseries where it came to the attention of botanists in the 1930s.

Accession Data

Accession #: 201700090

Accession Date: 2017-12-12 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2211

Quantity: 2

Source: Matt Opel

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Saxifragales

Family: Crassulaceae

SubFamily: Sempervivoideae

Tribe: Sedeae

SubTribe: Sedinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
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2019

References

  1. Miguel Cházaro, David Jimeno-Sevilla & Amparo Alvalat-Botana. 2011. The Sedum morganianum habitat rediscovered. Cactus World 29: 13-18.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 02, 2018.

Images

Sedum morganianum