Broadleaf stonecrop

Description:

Bright yellow flowers on tall stalks (maybe 20 cm). The succulent plant was growing as a large mat at the edge of a cliff. The basal part of the plant is low growing with spade-shaped leaves, hence the epithet spathulifolium (pic 3).

Habitat:

Spotted on a rocky cliff at Tongue Point. Native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California, where it can be found in many types of rocky habitat in coastal and inland hills and mountains.