96 WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
all round, scalloped (cernate), with the stalk coming from the under-side near the centre (peltate). 
\_Plate 44. 
Not uncommon. Rocks and walls in southern and western England. June — August. Perennial. 
STONECROP. (SEDUM, LINN .) — Flowers yellow, rose-colour, purple, or white, in flat terminal, 
clusters (corymbs or cymes). Sepals usually 5, rarely 4, 6, or 8, united at the base ; petals usually 
5, rarely 4, 6, or 8, not united (free); stamens usually 10, rarely 8, 12, or 16, double the number 
of petals ; carpels usually 5, rarely 4, 6, or 8, the same number as the petals. Fruit of 5 
many-seeded follicles. Juicy herbs, with usually alternate and stalkless fleshy leaves. 
Rose-root. (Sedum roseum, Scop.) — Flowers ■§• inch across, without stamens (female) on 
one plant and without carpels (male) on another (dioecious), yellow or rarely purplish, in a compact 
terminal cluster, the central flower opening first (cyme). Sepals 4, narrow, often purplish ; petals 
4, pointed, yellow or purplish; stamens 8 or o ; follicles 4 or o. Stem 6-12 inches high, erect, 
stout, fleshy, simple, very leafy at the top ; the leaves stalkless (sessile), oblong, slightly toothed, 
alternate, crowded. The thick root scented like rose-water. 
Rare. Mountains in Wales, the north of England, Scotland, and Ireland. June — August. 
Perennial. 
Orpine, Live-long’. (Sedum Telephium, Linn.) — Flowers crimson-purple, in clusters with 
the central flower opening first, forming a dense terminal mass (corymb). Sepals 5, small, 
pointed; petals 5, pointed ; stamens 10 ; follicles 5. Stem 1-2 feet high, erect, hard, and leafy; 
the leaves stalkless, egg-shaped (ovate) or oblong, toothed (serrate) ; and the root thick. 
Not uncommon, though often an escape from gardens, in which it is much cultivated. Waysides, 
bushy places. July — August. Perennial. 
Hairy Stonecrop. (Sedum villosum, Linn.) — Flowers \ inch across, few, white tinged 
with pale-purple, terminating the stem and branches in an irregular forked cluster. Sepals 5, egg- 
shaped ; petals 5, tips pointed; stamens 10. Follicles 5, with a short, straight beak. Stem 3-6 
inches high, erect, nearly simple, leafy, covered with short, gland-tipped hairs ; the leaves stalkless, 
narrowly oblong, and thick. 
Rare. Damp places in hilly districts in the north of England and Scotland. June — July. Annual. 
White Stonecrop. (Sedum album, Linn.)— Flowers i inch across, white, in a much 
branched terminal cluster (cyme or corymb). Sepals 5, green ; petals 5, pointed, pure white ; 
stamens 10, yellowish; carpels 5, green or pink, terminating in a long beak. Stem 4-10 inches 
high, erect, smooth, leafy ; the leaves stalkless, oblong or round, \ inch long, very fleshy and 
juicy. 
Very rare, probably only truly native on the Malvern Hills, but occurring in the north of England, 
Wales, and the Highlands. July — August. Perennial. 
*Thiek-leaved Stonecrop. (Sedum dasyphyllum, Linn.)— Not a native. Flowers £ 
inch across, few, white streaked with rose-colour, in forked terminal clusters. Sepals 5 ; petals 5, 
sharply pointed, white with the outside streaked with rose-colour; stamens 10, with reddish 
anthers ; carpels 5, ending in a rather long beak. Stem 2-3 inches high, hairy, much branched 
at the base, with many barren shoots on which the leaves are short, thick, almost round, crowded 
to overlapping ; leaves stalkless, oval to roundish, thick and fleshy, with a bluish bloom, sometimes 
tinged with pink, thickly clothed with gland-tipped hairs. 
Rare. Walls and rocks, west of England. June — July. Perennial. 
English Stonecrop. (Sedum anglieum, Huds.) — Flowers £ inch across, few, white 
tinged with pink, in short, forked, irregular clusters. Sepals 5; petals 5, pointed; stamens 10, 
