Sedum anglicum
Crassulaceae
June to September
Mainly coastal. Most common in the far Northwest and far Southwest.
It grows on acidic substrates such as, rocks, dunes and shingle, and dry grassland by the sea, and on walls, hedge banks and quarries inland.
English stonecrop is a a native, creeping, mat-forming, perennial herb, growing up to 5cm.
Flowers are 12mm across with 5 lanceolate, white petals, 10 stamens and 5 roundish carpels. The carpels start of white and turn pink, giving the flowers a pink tinge.
Leaves are small, green and fleshy, turning red on aging.
English stonecrop is a major component of eco-roofs, such as the one at Lakeland, Windermere, Cumbria.
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English stonecrop
Flower-head
10 stamens, 5 rounded carpels
Older carpels turning pink
Carpels giving pink appearance
Fleshy leaves
Reddened leaves
Eco-roof, Lakeland
English stonecrop - Eco-roof, Lakeland
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