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Umbilicus rupestris
Also called Navelwort, Pennywort, Pennypies
Wall pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris), also called navelwort,, hipwort or penny-pies, is a fleshy, perennial, edible flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae in the genus Umbilicus so named for its umbilicate (navel-like) leaves.
The plant is found in southern and western Europe, often growing on shady walls or in damp rock crevices that are sparse in other plant growth (thus, "wall" pennywort), where its succulent leaves develop in rosettes.
Umbilicus rupestris is not the same "Pennywort" as the one used in Asian medicine, which is the unrelated Asiatic Pennywort, Centella asiatica.
Green Venus' Navel · Horizontal navelwort · Umbilicus intermedius · Umbilicus luteus (Huds.) · Umbilicus oppositifolius · Umbilicus schmidtii · Navelwort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wall Pennywort by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
