Caucasian-stonecrop
Caucasian-stonecrop - Phedimus spurius
Alternative names
Caucasian Stonecrop
Description
Low to short, creeping, mat forming plant with short, non-flowering shoots. Leaves to 2.5 cm, roughly oval, alternate, toothed towards the apex. Flowers reddish purple, 9 to 12 mm long in dense clusters with petals erect.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Waste and rocky places often naturalised from gardens.
When to see it
July and August.
Life History
Perennial
UK Status
Scattered throughout most of Britain.
VC55 Status
Occasional as a wild plant in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 10 of the 617 tetrads.
David Nicholls
Leire Cutting
30 July 2014
Peter Smith
Rothley
23 June 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Footpath off Park Road
11 July 2020
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
05 August 2011
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