Umbilicus rupestris 701622 204452546 2008-04-09T14:07:00Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[lb:Fielsennuebelkraut]] {{Taxobox | name = Navelwort | image = Umbilicus rupestris red.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Umbilicus rupestris'' in bloom in [[Nazaré]], [[Portugal]]. The flower can turn red in sunlight. | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Saxifragales]] | familia = [[Crassulaceae]] | genus = ''[[Umbilicus (genus)|Umbilicus]]'' | species = '''''U. rupestris''''' | binomial = ''Umbilicus rupestris'' | binomial_authority = ([[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]) Dandy | synonyms = <small>''Umbilicus gaditanus''<br>''Umbilicus neglectus'' }} '''''Umbilicus rupestris''''' ('''Navelwort''', '''Penny-pies''', '''Wall Pennywort''') is a fleshy, perennial, edible [[flowering plant]] in the stonecrop family [[Crassulaceae]] (in the [[genus]] ''[[Umbilicus (genus)|Umbilicus]]'') so named for its [[penny]]- or [[navel]]-shaped leaves. [[Image:Navelwort 700.jpg|thumb|left|Budding ''Umbilicus rupestris'' in [[Instow]], [[North Devon]].]] Wall pennywort grows to an average of 25 cm (10 in) high. The palid spikes of bell-shaped, greenish-pink [[flower]]s of this plant first appear in May, and the green [[fruit]]s ripen through the summer. Both the name "navelwort" and the scientific name "Umbilicus" come from the round shape of the leaves, which have a navel-like depression in the center. 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 [[rosette (botany)|rosette]]s. The plant is sometimes employed to ease pain on scratches by applying the leaf to the skin after removing the lower [[plant cuticle|cuticle]]. {{Commons|Umbilicus rupestris}} [[Category:Crassulaceae]] {{Crassulaceae-stub}} [[fr:Umbilicus rupestris]] [[gl:Couselo]] [[lb:Fielsennuebelkraut]]