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Sedum (Sedum aizoon)
Family: Crassulaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)
Bloom Color: Orange, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early fall, Late summer, Mid summer. Sedum aizoon is a basionym of: Phedimus aizoon (L.) 't Hart in H. 't Hart & U. Eggli (eds.), Evol. & Syst. Crassulac. 168 (1995). Form: Spreading or horizontal, Upright or erect.
Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons
Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots
Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring
Flavor & Culinary Uses
flavour, few people would want to eat them as a regular part of their diet. — Leaves and young stems - raw or cooked.; There is a definite bitterness in the flavour, few people would want to eat them as a regular part of their diet.
Habitat & North American Range
Dry grassy slopes, dry shrub thickets, dry meadows, rock streams and sandy cliffs. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)