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Umbilicus rupestris
(Salisb) Dandy & Rib 1948

Etymology: Lives on rocks.
Place of Origin: Western Europe and Mediterranean region.

A rock-dwelling plant commonly found on walls, cliffs, and damp crevices throughout the western Mediterranean. It forms basal rosettes of fleshy, rounded leaves, often with a central depression resembling a navel. The flowering stems are slender and upright, bearing drooping inflorescences with small flowers. During dry months, it may reduce to a tuberous root hidden within rock crevices. It differs from its sister species *U. gaditanus* in having more angular leaves and a more pronounced navel.
SuculentasCrassulaceae Umbilicus rupestris(Salisb) Dandy & Rib 1948
Foto:Jleon 2008-05-24 Photograph taken at Cerro del Hierro (Seville) on a rocky wall. A thickening of the stem is visible, likely due to the inability to find space for a tuberous root within the hard rock where it is located.

SuculentasCrassulaceae Umbilicus rupestris(Salisb) Dandy & Rib 1948
Foto:Jleon 2017-05-16 Specimen with the mature inflorescence, in which it is clearly visible that the flowers are pendulous.

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