Photographs: County Cork

Rock Stonecrop Sedum forsterianum Grafán creige Family: Crassulaceae Flowering: June-August. Perennial. Introduced garden escape. Many-flowered cymes of yellow flowers, flowering shoots 15-20cm tall. Erect stem leaves, slightly flattened on upper side, sharp-tipped. Non-flowering shoots flat-topped with dead leaves persisting lower on stem. Mat-forming growth. Populations can be variable. Prefers open, dry, well-drained ground. Garden escape sometimes naturalised on walls, quarries, churchyards, waste ground. Scattered distribution, most frequently recorded S and NE Ireland. Introduced.

    


    



Rock Stonecrop. Ballyvourney February 2008 and near Kinsale June 2008