Flower: Small greenish-white, male on cymes, female are solitary. The five white flower petals are spread out in a star shape and the long prominent stamens are red-tipped. o Distribution information is provided for all the plant and tree species. The five carpels form the fruit capsules which split open when dry to release the seeds. The five white flower petals are spread out in a star shape and the long prominent stamens are red-tipped.
They have fewer leaves and these have a reddish tinge and are arranged alternately on the stem. Its stalks of abundant spiraling fleshy bright green leaves are able to retain water and enable the plant to survive in dry conditions.įlowering stems rise erect to a height of 15-25 cm. White stonecrop can be found scrambling in the dry grasses on the sides of dune hollows. On the Bull Island it can be found forming a green mat on the top or edges of the moss-covered dunes.īiting stonecrop has numerous short stalks, some completely covered with the unstalked overlapping fleshy green leaves, others ending in clusters of bright yellow, star-shaped flowers about 15 mm across.Ĭolour photograph of the White Stonecrop (Sedum album) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin. Its hot tasting leaves give the name to biting stonecrop, or wall pepper as it is also known. The fruits are five pointed dry pods spread out in a star shape, which opens from the top to release the many seeds.īy kind permission of Dorothy FordeEnlarge image
Biting stonecrop has numerous short stalks, some completely covered with the unstalked overlapping fleshy green leaves, others ending in clusters of bright yellow, star-shaped flowers about 15 mm across.įive short blunt green sepals enclose the five pointed yellow petals spread out in a star shape. On the Bull Island it can be found forming a green mat on the top or edges of the moss-covered dunes. Flowers are small, white and fragrant, arranged in panicle flower heads. Colour photograph of the Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin. Fruit is mostly spherical in shape and looks like smooth-skinned sweetsop and.
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