Sedum compactum Rose

Sedum compactum Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 297. 1911
Plants creeping, forming a dense, moss-like carpet, the sterile branches small, bearing a compact rosette of leaves. Leaves closely imbricate, narrowly oblong, 3-5 mm. long, obtuse, flattened but fleshy, glabrous; flowering branches ascending or erect, 3-4 cm. high, their leaves alternate, similar to those on sterile branches; flowers solitary, terminal, sessile; sepals similar to the leaves and about half the length of the petals; petals white, broadly ovate, 4 mm. long, cup-shaped within.
Type locality: Cerro de Sentile, Oaxaca. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.