Umbilicus rupestris
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{{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]].
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[[Category:Crassulaceae]]
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