General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 3-6 inches
Plant Spread: 6-12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Suitable for miniature gardens
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Japanese Dunce's Cap
  • Dunce's Cap
  • Pagodas
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Orostachys boehmeri
  • Synonym: Orostachys vyschinii
  • Synonym: Orostachys furusei
  • Synonym: Orostachys aggregata var. boehmeri
  • Synonym: Orostachys iwarenge var. boehmeri
  • Synonym: Orostachys malacophylla var. boehmeri
  • Synonym: Sedum boehmeri
  • Synonym: Sedum furusei
  • Synonym: Sedum iwarenge var. furusei

Photo Gallery
Location: Mt Fuji, Japan
Date: 2019
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: Mar 30, 2011 5:53 PM
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-10-08
Location: NYBG 
Date: June 14 22
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: Jul 4, 2011 1:16 PM
Location: JC Raulston  Arboretum, Raleigh NC
Date: 2024-02-08
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2017-10-23
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: May 7, 2011 2:06 PM
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: Jun 12, 2011 2:52 PM

Courtesy Sunlight Gardens, used with permission
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 18, 2013
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-08-16

Foto: Manuel Werner, Nürtingen
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-02-23
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: May 5, 2012
Coming out of dormancy.
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Oct 22, 2013
Location: Salem, Oregon
Photo courtesy of Perennial Obsessions
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