Family: Crassulaceae Genus: UmbilicusSpecies description: Stems 20-50 cm, erect.Basal leaves orbicular, peltate, concave above, sinuate-crenate; cauline leaves progressivly smaller, mostly reniform, dentate, the uppermost sometimes linear.Bracts usually linear, about equalling the pedicels, but occasionally large and leave-like.Pedicels 3-9 mm. Flowers 7-10 mm, tubular, usually pendent; raceme fairly dense, sometimes branched at the base, occupying more than half the stem. Sepals ovate, accuminate. Corolla whitish-green or straw-coloured, sometimes tinged wth pink; tube about 4 times as long as the ovate, mucronate lobes. Carpels tapered to a fairly long style.
Field Notes:
Habitat: Rocks and walls
Distribution: S. & W. Europe, northward to Scotland. Al Az Bl Br ?Bu Co Ga Gr Hb Hs It Lu Sa Si ?Tu Found: S.Spain: N. road to Grazalema Date: 6-Jun-93 Flora Europea:1-352 Literatuur:Notes: needed: close
Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands email: aart@knoware.nl