English

stonecrop

Scientific Name

Amerosedum lanceolatum

Arapaho

Translation of the Arapaho

‘sheep’s food’

Stonecrop and the Arapaho

Drug: unspecified. Toll identifies this plant as “stones crop” and says that it was used for making a tea. The only other species of Crassulaceae occurring in northern Colorado are Clementsia rhodantha [Rose Crown or Queen’s Crown] and Rhodiola integrifolia [King’s Crown], neither of which is known as “stones crop.”