Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rosales (124)
Family: Crassulaceae (24)(family description)
Genus: Sedum (11)
Epithet: palmeri S. Watson (1)
palmeri => in honor of Edward Palmer (1829-1911), British-American botanist and archaeologist