General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 4 inches to 6 inches
Plant Spread: 3 inches to 4 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Houseplant
Uses: Suitable for miniature gardens
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Spiny Pennywort
  • Spiny Dunce’s Cap
  • Chinese Dunce Cap
  • Huanghua Wa Song
  • Xiao Wa Song
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Orostachys spinosa
  • Synonym: Cotyledon minuta
  • Synonym: Orostachys chlorantha
  • Synonym: Orostachys minuta
  • Synonym: Sedum spinosum
  • Synonym: Orostachys filifera
  • Synonym: Umbilicus spinosus
  • Synonym: Umbilicus erubescens
  • Synonym: Crassula spinosa
  • Synonym: Orostachys erubescens
  • Synonym: Cotyledon spinosa var. polystachya
  • Synonym: Cotyledon spinosa
  • Synonym: Orostachys kanboensis
  • Synonym: Cotyledon erubescens
  • Synonym: Sempervivum cuspidatum
  • Synonym: Cotyledon filifera
Also sold as:
  • Orostachys spinosus
  • Orostachys spinosum

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Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2019-09-04
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 2022-07-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2019-10-27
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2013-08-24

Date: 2015-05-03
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Date: 08/2013
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 14, 2012
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2013-07-06
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2013-05-28
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2019-09-04
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 2, 2012
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2019-09-30

Date: 2015-07-13
crested
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Nov 22 2012
Not sure what this fasciated form will do?
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Aug 28, 2012
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-30
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-09-02
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Apr 30, 2012 
From Timberline Nursery
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Apr 30, 2012
From Timberline Nursery
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-30
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-18
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-09-14
Location: Tabby's Garden
Date: 2012-04-06
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Discussion Threads about this plant
Thread Title Last Reply Replies
Confused by eclayne Dec 2, 2012 11:07 PM 3
Orostachys spinosa by valleylynn Apr 18, 2016 10:20 AM 2
Orostachys spinosa by valleylynn May 3, 2015 7:15 PM 0

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