Sedum rosea subsp. integrifolium (Raf.) Hult.
 
FamilyCrassulaceae — APG family: Crassulaceae
SynonymsRhodiola atropurpurea (Turcz.) Trautv., Sedum atropurpureum Turcz., Rhodiola alaskana Rose., Sedum frigidum Rydb., Rhodiola integrifolia Raf.
DescriptionRhizome thick, fleshy, scaly, fragrant when cut; leaves ovate to oblong, dentate, glabrous and glaucous; stem with many leaves; flowers usually 4-merous, unisexual; male flowers with abortive carpels and 8 stamens; petals usually purple, rarely pink (Ogilvie Range) or yellow (Seward Peninsula).
EcologyScree slopes, rocky places; in the mountains to at least 2,135 meters. S. rosea described from the Alps of Lapland, Austria, Switzerland, and Britain; subsp. integrifolium from the Rocky Mountains. Broken line on circumpolar map indicates range of other subspecies or varieties.
UsesLeaves and young shoots are eaten raw or boiled by the natives. The Siberian Eskimo also eat the rhizome boiled in seal fat, or with reindeer fat. (See color section. )
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.