Sedum acre - Biting Stonecrop
This low-growing member of the stonecrop family is an evergreen. The leaves have a sharp taste, from which it gets its Latin name 'acre', meaning sharp.
Biting stonecrop is found in dry, rocky places including stone walls. The flowers appear in June and July.
The specimen seen here was found growing in a crevice of a stone wall in the Teifi Valley; it is also found on disused railway tracks and occasionally on sand dunes. The five-patalled flowers are typically 12 mm across.
English Stonecrop, similar in size and general structure but with smaller leaves than biting stonecrop, has white and pink flowers and is often found on cliff tops as well as on drystone walls.
Wildflowers of Wales
This wildflower is one of many dozens that are featured in the First Nature Guide to the
Wonderful Wildflowers of Wales, Volume 2 - Seashores and Coastal Cliffs.
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