About
A low, mat-forming stonecrop of northern temperate regions with fleshy, near-cylindrical leaves and dense heads of small white flowers in summer. It favours crevices and free-draining rocky ground.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 3–9.
Field notes
Morphology
Tufted perennial herb forming mats; stems are short and leafy most of the year, lengthening and turning erect and often pinkish-brown at flowering in July–August. Leaves are alternate, fleshy, almost cylindrical with blunt tips, often pink-tinged under drought. Flowers are white, five-petalled, in dense cymes.
Distribution & habitat
Northern temperate regions, on walls, dry banks, seashore rocks and rocky meadows with thin, dry soils.
Ecology
A long-day plant that grows vegetatively most of the year and flowers in summer; it cannot compete with vigorous, fast-growing species.
History & etymology
Subspecies album, micranthum and teretifolium have been described, and subspecies rupimelitense was named from Malta in 2015.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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