Mossy stonecrop

Description:

Small succulent plant growing only a few centimeters in height. It is green when new and gradually turns orange and then deep red when mature. It has tiny triangular pointed leaves only a few millimeters long. A tiny flower or pair of flowers grows between each oppositely-arranged pair of leaves; the flowers are about two millimeters in length and width. It blooms from the end of the winter till springtime. The fruit is a minute follicle containing one or two seeds.

Habitat:

It grows in very poor soils. Spotted on a dispersed Holm oak forest with sandy soil

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 200. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired