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Crassulaceae
Rhodiola rosea
Rhodiola rosea
Also known as Sedum rhodiola var. lanceolatum, Sedum rhodioloides, Rhodiola rosea f. subcordata, Rhodiola rosea var. alpina
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Rhodiola · Golden Root · Arctic Root · Adaptogen · Medicinal Herb · Alpine Plant · Cold Hardy · Succulent · Crassulaceae · Rock Garden
Rhodiola rosea, commonly known as Golden Root or Arctic Root, is a cold-hardy succulent-like perennial best suited to cool, alpine-style garden conditions. It prefers well-drained, gritty soil and partial shade to full sun, and is well adapted to harsh winters. This low-growing plant is prized for its adaptogenic medicinal roots and attractive yellow-green flower clusters in spring.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but never waterlogged; reduce watering in winter · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Irkutsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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