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Internal ID UUID643ffa0b5c609437248183
Scientific name Umbilicus rupestris
Authority (Salisb.) Dandy
First published in Fl. Gloucestershire : 611 (1948)

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Edible fresh leaves harvested from wild rosettes; regional use as salad green or pot herb. No medicinal claims.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Leaves are used raw in salads and cooked as a potherb, particularly in the Iberian Peninsula; sometimes added to soups or used as a garnish. The mucilaginous texture and mild flavor suit simple preparations such as salads or omelets. No dosage or health effects are reported.

Properties relevant to use:
The soft, water-retaining leaves and mild flavor make the species suitable as an edible fresh herb; succulence provides a crisp-tender texture.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Leaves are primarily gathered from wild populations in the British Isles and southwestern Europe. No commercial cultivation or sustainability data are available; harvests are presumably localized and small-scale. Wild collection may be subject to regional conservation guidelines; further evaluation is needed.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Umbilicus pendulinus DC. Fl. Franç. , ed. 3, 4: 383 (1805)
Umbilicus neglectus (Cout.) Rothm. & P.Silva Agron. Lusit. 3: 88 (1940)
Umbilicus patulus Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 323 (1875)
Umbilicus deflexus Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 324 (1875)
Umbilicus aetneus Tornab. Fl. Sicul. : 249 (1887)
Umbilicus vulgaris Batt. & Trab. Fl. Algérie Tunisie : 133 (1905)
Umbilicus umbilicatus Breistr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 121: 64 (1974)
Umbilicus simplex K.Koch Linnaea 19: 41 (1846)
Cotyledon neglecta Cout. Fl. Portugal , ed. 2: 336 (1939)
Cotyledon ombilicus Lam. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 2(1): 140. 1786 [16 Oct 1786]
Cotyledon rupestris Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 307 (1796)
Cotyledon tuberosa Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 577 (1901)
Cotyledon umbilicata Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 59 (1779)
Cotyledon umbilicifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 545 (1812)
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris L. Sp. Pl. : 429 (1753)
Cotyliphyllum erectum Link Handbuch 2: 23 (1831)
Cotyliphyllum umbilicus Link Handbuch 2: 23 (1831)
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. tuberosa L. Sp. Pl. : 429 (1753)

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Language Common/alternative name
English navelwort
English penny-pies
English wall pennywort
Spanish ombligo de venus
Arabic سرة صخرية
Bulgarian скално виделче
br tule
br krampouezh-mouzig
br krampouezh-mouezig
Catalan barretets
Welsh deilen gron
German echter venusnabel
Basque txantxapota
Basque venusen zilbor
French ombilic des rochers
French nombril-de-vénus commun
French nombril de vénus
Irish cornán caisil
Galician couselo
Galician umbilicus pendulinus
Manx wooishlagh
Kabyle tiqeslin n ubabdar
Cornish krampoth mowesi
lb fielsennuebelkraut
mwl bacielhos de las paredes
mwl azedas de la raposa
Portuguese bacelos
Portuguese chapéu-dos-telhados
Portuguese cochilros
Portuguese conchelos
Portuguese cotyledon umbilicus-veneris
Portuguese bifes
Portuguese cachilros
Portuguese cachilro
Portuguese couxilgos
Portuguese cauxilhos
Portuguese chapéus de parede
Portuguese conchelo
Portuguese copilas
Portuguese umbigo-de-vênus
Portuguese umbigo-de-vénus
Portuguese umbigo de vênus
Portuguese sombreirinho-dos-telhados
Portuguese orelha-de-monge
Swedish navelört
Chinese 玉盃
Chinese 脐景天

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Name Authority First published in
Umbilicus rupestris var. truncatus (W.Dod) Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 11(3): 60 1956
Umbilicus rupestris var. velenovskyi (Rohl) Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 11(3): 60 1956

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000415401
UNII X68TXR7V4Y
Tropicos 8900188
INPN 128215
Flora of Italy 1717
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:277005-1
The Plant List kew-2446661
PFAF Umbilicus rupestris
Open Tree Of Life 156576
Observations.org 26577
NCBI Taxonomy 91168
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003488
IPNI 277005-1
iNaturalist 129454
GBIF 7334368
Freebase /m/033_3m
EPPO UMLRU
EOL 2867524
USDA GRIN 410636
Wikipedia Wall_Pennywort

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_963678935.1 drUmbRupe1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2023-12-06 38 335.85 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
A multitaxa approach to biodiversity inventory in Matela protected area (Terceira, Azores, Portugal) Sousa MA, Lamelas-López L, Elias RB, Gabriel R, Borges PA Biodivers Data J 08-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11019259
doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e121884
PMID:38628453
Native plant diversity for ecological reclamation in Moroccan open-pit phosphate mines Zine H, Hakkou R, Elmansour A, Elgadi S, Ouhammou A, Benzaazoua M Biodivers Data J 11-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10354659
doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e104592
PMID:37476209
Dietary Challenges for Parasitoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea); Coping with Toxic Hosts, or Not? Quicke DL, Ghafouri Moghaddam M, Butcher BA Toxins (Basel) 29-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10467097
doi:10.3390/toxins15070424
PMID:37505693
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Sedum bulbiferum (Crassulaceae) Deng Z, Huang K, Xie P, Xie S, Zhang N, Yin H, Ping M, Wang Y Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 24-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10210845
doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2160220
PMID:37250209
Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain) Roca-Perez L, Boluda R, Rodríguez-Martín JA, Ramos-Miras J, Tume P, Roca N, Bech J Environ Geochem Health 20-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10673966
doi:10.1007/s10653-023-01591-y
PMID:37209325
Ecophysiological Differentiation among Two Resurrection Ferns and Their Allopolyploid Derivative Quintanilla LG, Aranda I, Clemente-Moreno MJ, Pons-Perpinyà J, Gago J Plants (Basel) 01-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10096763
doi:10.3390/plants12071529
PMID:37050155
Wild Edible Plants of Andalusia: Traditional Uses and Potential of Eating Wild in a Highly Diverse Region Benítez G, Molero-Mesa J, González-Tejero MR Plants (Basel) 07-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10051205
doi:10.3390/plants12061218
PMID:36986907
Valorization of Wild Edible Plants as Food Ingredients and Their Economic Value Clemente-Villalba J, Burló F, Hernández F, Carbonell-Barrachina ÁA Foods 27-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10001278
doi:10.3390/foods12051012
PMID:36900530
Ethnopharmacobotany and Diversity of Mediterranean Endemic Plants in Marmilla Subregion, Sardinia, Italy Cocco E, Maccioni D, Sanjust E, Falconieri D, Farris E, Maxia A Plants (Basel) 18-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9695302
doi:10.3390/plants11223165
PMID:36432894
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
The complete chloroplast genome of Sedum tricarpum Makino. (Crassulaceae) Chen J, Zhou H, Gong W Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 10-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8667939
doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.2005489
PMID:34912956
Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activity of Sedum dendroideum on Pterygium Fibroblasts López-Montemayor P, Zavala J, Montalvo-Parra MD, Guerrero-Ramírez GI, Mayolo-Deloisa K, Enriquez-Ochoa D, Martínez-García B, Loya-García D, Guerrero-Martínez AM, Valdez-García JE Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 18-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8545536
doi:10.1155/2021/5814221
PMID:34707671
A Systematic Review on the Antimicrobial Properties of Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: We Still Know Too Little about Them, but What We Do Know Makes Persistent Investigation Worthwhile Cappelli G, Mariani F Foods 18-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8471169
doi:10.3390/foods10092217
PMID:34574327
Contribution to the Knowledge of Rocky Plant Communities of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula Canas RQ, Cano-Ortiz A, Spampinato G, del Río S, Raposo M, Fuentes JC, Gomes CP Plants (Basel) 02-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8401533
doi:10.3390/plants10081590
PMID:34451635
The Conservation of Chloroplast Genome Structure and Improved Resolution of Infrafamilial Relationships of Crassulaceae Chang H, Zhang L, Xie H, Liu J, Xi Z, Xu X Front Plant Sci 01-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8281817
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.631884
PMID:34276716

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Sesquiterpene lactones / Eudesmanolides, secoeudesmanolides, and derivatives
5-(4a-methyl-8-methylidene-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8a-octahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-5',8'a-dimethylspiro[3,4-dihydropyran-2,3'-5,6,7,8,9,9a-hexahydro-3aH-benzo[f][1]benzofuran]-2'-one 14315675 Click to see 450.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyranodioxins
(3E,4aS,6R,7S,8S,8aR)-7,8-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-6,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-4aH-pyrano[2,3-b][1,4]dioxin-2-one 102007847 Click to see 324.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768
(3Z,4aS,6R,7S,8S,8aR)-7,8-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-6,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-4aH-pyrano[2,3-b][1,4]dioxin-2-one 102007846 Click to see 324.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(01)81964-X
7,8-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-6,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-4aH-pyrano[2,3-b][1,4]dioxin-2-one 162948545 Click to see 324.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(01)81964-X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
4-[5-(2-Carboxyethenyl)-2-hydroxyphenoxy]-4-oxobut-2-enoic acid 163054775 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=CC(=O)O)OC(=O)C=CC(=O)O)O 278.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-((2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one 51402807 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(Hydroxymethyl)Oxan-2-Yl)Oxychromen-4-One 5378597 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768
Isoquercetin 5280804 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.48.1768

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