It is a succulent perennial producing trailing stems up to 60 cm (24 in) long, with fleshy blue-green leaves and terminal pink to red flowers in summer.

[1] S. morganianum has been found wild in two ravines at Tenampa county, in central Veracruz, in eastern Mexico and on vertical cliffs of igneous rock in the Tropical Deciduous Forest zone.

[1] Alternatively, when the trailing stems are allowed to make prolonged, direct contact with the ground, or soil or other substrate (such as in an adjacent container), the nodes will be triggered to root and attach, as is the case with numerous genera among the Crassulaceae.

[3][4] Sedum morganianum grows well outside in appropriate climates, provided frost is not a threat, in very good light but protected from the brightest portions of the day.

This plant exhibits a clearly visible wax layer (farina) on its leaves and stems, an indication of its preference for (bright) shade and sheltering from hot sun.