Family: Stonecrop [Crassulaceae]


Aeonium

Aichryson

Chiastophyllum

Crassula

Echeveria

Jovibarba

Sedum

Sempervivum

Rhodiola

Umbilicus

Many Stonecrops have 5 petals, such as Biting Stonecrop, English Stonecrop, White Stonecrop, Pink Stonecrop, Orpine, Ice Plant, and Navelwort (which has bell-shaped flowers but with 5 triangular points. But some particular members have 3 petals (Mossy Stonecrop), others 4 petals (Roseroot and Pigmyweed), 6 petals (Reflex Stonecrop), 7 petals (Rock Stonecrop) or 12 petals (Houseleek). It could be argued that the Stonecrops exhibit flowers with the most varied number of petals, rather like chlorine or a transition metal element exhibiting the most valencies.



[UMBILICUS] Navelwort

Navelwort. (Umbilicus rupestris) Photo: © RWD



[CRASSULA] Pigmyweeds

New Zealand Pigmyweed. (Crassula helmsii) Photo: © Paul Breslin



[SEDUM] Stonecrops

White Stonecrop. (Sedum album) Photo: © RWD

English Stonecrop. (Sedum anglicum) Photo: © RWD

Biting Stonecrop. (Sedum acre) Photo: © RWD

Rock Stonecrop. (Sedum forsterianum) Photo: © RWD

Kamchatka Stonecrop. (Sedum khamptschaticum) Photo: © RWD

Caucasian Stonecrop (Sedum spurium) Photo: © RWD

Orpine (Sedum telephium) Photo: © RWD

Sedum 'Herbstfreude' (Autumn joy) (Sedum spectabile x telephium) Photo: © RWD

Ice-Plant (Sedum spectabile) Photo: © RWD

Roseroot (Sedum rosea [aka Rhodiola rosea]) Photo: © RWD



[SEMPERVIVUM] House-Leeks

House-Leek (Sempervivum tectorum) Photo: © Joy Ahmad

Family: Stonecrop [Crassulaceae]

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