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Scientific name:

Sedum acre

Vernacular name:

Stonecrop, Biting


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Biting Stonecrop

Scientific name: Sedum acre L.

Diagnostic features
Glabrous, acrid-tasting perennial.
Stems procumbent, rooting, sending up ascending to erect flowering stems to 10cm and shorter sterile shoots.
Leaves alternate, 3-5mm, ± terete, ovoid, broadest near base, with acrid taste when fresh.
Flowers in small cymes.
Petals 5, 6-8mm, bright yellow.

Chromosome number: 2n=80.

Habitat
Native; walls, rocks, open grassland and maritime sand and shingle.

Distribution
Throughout most of British Isles.

This species is keyed out on Page 2828 in the Text Key.

Sedum acre (Stonecrop, Biting)
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