Sedum cepaea
species of plant
Sedum cepaea, the pink stonecrop, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It has a Mediterranean distribution, but generally in the mountains, and extending into France as far north as Paris, and it has been introduced to Belgium, Germany, and, it seems, New Zealand. A bushy, succulent annual, it can reach 30 cm (12 in).
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