Biting Stonecrop
Sources last read 14 September 2026.
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Also called bird's bread, common stonecrop, country pepper, creeping Charlie, creeping Jack, ginger, gold dust, Gold-moss, golden moss, goldmoss stonecrop, Jack of the buttery, love and tangle, Moss Stonecrop, prick-madam, pricket, Stonecrop, tangle tail, wall moss, wall paper and wall pepper.
Biting Stonecrop is toxic
- Not assessed for cats. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
- Not assessed for dogs. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
- Toxic to people. The sap can irritate. Use gloves and protective gear when handling it. RHS
What the sources say about its care
- Light
- Full sunRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Water
- Moist but well-drained or Well-drainedRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Humidity
No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.
Most foliage plants prefer more humidity than a heated room gives; succulents are named as an exceptionPenn State Extension · read 13 September 2026- Temperature
How cold this tolerates, not what it prefers. No source read for this site publishes a preferred range for a plant indoors.
H7 — colder than -20°CRHS · read 13 September 2026- Soil
- Chalk, Loam, Sand; pH Alkaline or NeutralRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Toxic to cats
- Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Toxic to dogs
- Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Harmful to people
- The sap can irritate. Use gloves and protective gear when handling it.RHS · read 13 September 2026
Routine care
- Watering
- It rarely needs water, but it grows in moist soil if drainage is good.NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
- Propagation
- Leaves drop readily, but new plants can be started from the fallen ones.NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Increase from seed or division.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Pruning
- Pruning is not needed.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Pests and diseases
- Can be troubled by slugs and snails. Diseases: southern blight.NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Usually free of pests and diseases.RHS · read 13 September 2026
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About the plant
Sedum acre, commonly known as the goldmoss stonecrop, mossy stonecrop, goldmoss sedum, biting stonecrop, and wallpepper, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is native to Europe, northern and western Asia and North Africa, but is also naturalised in North America, southern South America, Japan, and New Zealand.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · read 13 September 2026
- Native range
- Greenland, Europe to Medit. and CaucasusWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026Greenland, Eastern Europe to Mediterranean, Balkans and CaucasusNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Europe Africa TurkeyRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Climate
- temperateWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
- Growth form
- succulent subshrubWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026Ground Cover, Herbaceous Perennial, Perennial, Succulent; habit creeping, dense, horizontal, spreadingNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Matforming (evergreen)RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Size
- Height 1–4 in; width 12–24 inNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Height Up to 10 cm; spread 0.1-0.5 metres after 2–5 yearsRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Flowering
- Flowers gold/yellow; blooms in summerNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Flowers yellow in summerRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Uses
What sources record people using this plant for. A traditional or medicinal use listed here is a record of use, not advice to eat it or treat anything with it.
The stems and leaves are edible, though eating a lot of them can upset the stomach.NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
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Sources
- ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
- NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
- Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
- RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Wikipedia · read 13 September 2026
What this does not cover
The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.
Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.
If something is already wrong, the diagnosis tool asks about the soil, the window and the watering, which is where the answer usually is.