Photographs: near James Fort, Co. Cork

Lesser Mexican Stonecrop Sedum kimnachii (Sedum confusum) Family: Crassulaceae Flowering late spring to summer. Perennial. Garden escape. Clusters of yellow flowers above rosettes of succulent green leaves. Leaves to 3cm long with a rounded apex and the stems and leaves are sometimes reddish tinged. A +/- decumbent plant that forms a fairly dense mound when mature. Rarely recorded as a garden escape in Ireland, mainly near the south and south-east coasts.

Lesser Mexican Stonecrop, Sedum kimnachii (Sedum confusum)