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Biting stonecrop Sedum acre, a succulent that grows well on chalk and limestone. Called ‘biting stonecrop’ and ‘wall pepper’ because of the sharp taste of its leaves, it has a variety of uses in herbal medicine. It is often encouraged to grow on walls.

Any of a group of plants belonging to the orpine family, succulent herbs with fleshy leaves and clusters of red, yellow, or white starlike flowers. Stonecrops are characteristic of dry, rocky places and some grow on walls. (Genus Sedum, family Crassulaceae.)



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