Irish Wildflowers - Lesser Mexican Stonecrop

Photos: nr Kinsale, Co.Cork

Lesser Mexican Stonecrop
Sedum confusum
Family: Crassulaceae

Flowering late spring to summer. Perennial. Introduced. Garden escape.

Clusters of yellow flowers. Succulent green leaves to 5cm, 2x long as wide. Rounded apex. Stems and leaves sometimes reddish tinged. More/less upright to sprawling plant. Height to 40cm.

Well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade. Rarely recorded garden escape in Ireland, S coast.

Lesser Mexican Stonecrop. May 2008

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