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Liliane Roubaudi, Tela Botanica · CC BY-SA 2.0
White stonecrop
Sedum album L.
Family: Crassulaceae
5 to 10 cm tall, forming a mat
Low walls, roofs, rock gardens, all soils even poor ones
Flowering: June – August
Full sun
Hardy to -25°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
Its fleshy leaves store water, allowing it to survive on the driest walls and roofs. White stonecrop has longer, almost cylindrical, blue-green leaves, with white flowers in a corymb, whereas biting stonecrop has small, very fleshy leaves like tightly packed scales and bright yellow flowers, with a hot, peppery taste.
🍃 Leaves
Evergreen, small, fleshy, cylindrical, green turning red in full sun
🌸 Flowers
Small white stars in dense corymbs, very rich in nectar
🍎 Fruits
Small dry follicles
🪵 Bark
Creeping stems forming a dense mat
🗺️ Distribution
Europe, western Asia, North Africa; very common on walls, roofs and dry rock gardens in France.
🐝 Value for pollinators
Small white flowers very rich in nectar, attractive to bees and butterflies in summer.
✂️ Horticultural uses
Green roofs, rock gardens, low walls; evergreen, very drought-resistant ground cover.
⚠️ Possible toxicity
No notable toxicity known.
⚠️ Look-alike species
White stonecrop
Sedum album
Biting stonecrop
Sedum acre
White stonecrop has longer, almost cylindrical, blue-green leaves, with white flowers in a corymb, whereas biting stonecrop has small, very fleshy leaves like tightly packed scales and bright yellow flowers, with a hot, peppery taste.
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