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What is this plant?
Gardenmaiden
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I spotted this plant growing in a wall of a very small church on the coast in Wales near Rhoslefain. Does anyone know what it is? (It isn't the ivy to the left).
Last edited: 08 June 2017 22:19:25
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Umbilicus rupestris.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Umbilicus+rupestris&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif_dX9mK_UAhVMJ8AKHcCMAh0Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759.
Last edited: 08 June 2017 22:31:39
We call it wall pennywort or navel wort here as well as Umbilicus rupestris - it is a member of the stonecrop family. It is sensitive to frosts, and grows extremely well in Guernsey.
Thank you I can silence the husband now :-)
I grows everywhere in my garden as well, we call it Penny or Navelwort.