stonecrop

American  

[stohn-krop] / ˈstoʊnˌkrɒp /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.

2. any of various related plants.

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stonecrop British  

/ ˈstəʊnˌkrɒp /

noun

1. any of various N temperate crassulaceous plants of the genus Sedum, having fleshy leaves and typically red, yellow, or white flowers

2. any of various similar or related plants

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Etymology

Origin of stonecrop

before 1000; Middle English stooncrop, Old English stāncrop. See stone, crop

Example Sentences

Depending on timing, you may see blooming purple heather and yellow Oregon stonecrop, scarlet paintbrush and fireweed.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Shades of maroon, purple and rose fill smoke trees, cut-leaf Japanese maples and kousa dogwoods, as well as asters, stonecrop and annual coleus.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2017

Invasive, non-native plants, such as floating pennywort, Australian swamp stonecrop and water fern can also be distributed across the country by floodwaters.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2013

The plants to be banned from April 2014 are water fern, parrot's feather, floating pennywort, water primrose and Australian swamp stonecrop.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2013

A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the brows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien