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Umbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy  
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FamilyCRASSULACEAE
Genus speciesUmbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy 
BibliographyFl. Gloucestershire: 611 (1948)
Native Rangew. Europe to Medit. and Arabian Peninsula, Macaronesia
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatshady rocks
Altitude0-2000m
Descriptionrootstock tuberous, basal leaves orbiculate-rhombic, broadly crenate, 2-7cm wide, upwards smaller and reniform to linear, flowers 1cm long, tubular, pendent, in raceme
Size20-40cm
Colorstraw yellow
Bloomearly summer
Ca
Typetuberous succulent
Cultivationshady, humous, rock crevices
alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
SynonymsCotyledon gredense Pau
Cotyledon neglecta Cout.
Cotyledon ombilicus Lam.
Cotyledon pendulina (DC.) Vierh.
Cotyledon rupestris Salisb.
Cotyledon tuberosa Halácsy
Cotyledon umbilicata Lam.
Cotyledon umbilicifolia Stokes
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris L.
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. deflexa (Pomel) Maire
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. gredense (Pau) Pau
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. marianica Pau
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. patula (Pomel) Maire
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris ssp. pendulina (DC.) H.Lindb.
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. pendulina (DC.) Batt.
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. tuberosa L.
Cotyliphyllum erectum Link
Cotyliphyllum umbilicus Link
Umbilicus aetneus Tornab.
Umbilicus deflexus Pomel
Umbilicus neglectus (Cout.) Rothm. & P.Silva
Umbilicus patulus Pomel
Umbilicus pendulinus DC.
Umbilicus pendulinus var. punctatus Gray
Umbilicus pendulinus var. truncatus Wolley-Dod
Umbilicus pendulinus var. velenovskyi Röhl. ex Jacobs
Umbilicus rupestris var. truncatus (Wolley-Dod) Rowley
Umbilicus rupestris var. velenovskyi (Röhl. ex Jacobs) Rowley
Umbilicus simplex K.Koch
Umbilicus umbilicatus (Lam.) Breistr.
Umbilicus vulgaris Batt. & Trab.
Umbilicus vulgaris ssp. pendulinus (DC.) Batt. & Trab.
Territory1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia)
2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia)
     21 Macaronesia (AZO Azores, MDR Madeira)
3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey)
     35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia)
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