Tall Stonecrop / ثوم القط

ّطَعم القِط / Pale stonecrop / Mediterranean Stonecrop

Petrosedum sediforme (Jacq.) Grulich

Leaves, February. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Cooked
  • Pickled
Blooming period
June to July
Foraging period
February to April
Seed collection period
August to September

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Cylindrical
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Petrosedum Grulich
Family
Crassulaceae
Wikidata item
Q17759749
GBIF Item
Petrosedum sediforme (Jacq.) Grulich (4201784)

References

  1. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  2. Petrosedum sediforme (Jacq.) Grulich in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-29.
  3. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-05-29. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Sedum+sediforme>
  4. de Cortes Sánchez-Mata, M., & Tardío, J. (Eds.). (2016). Mediterranean wild edible plants: ethnobotany and food composition tables. Springer.

Citation

Petrosedum sediforme (Jacq.) Grulich in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/792 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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