ERECTUS DC, 1805
Synonyms :
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris var. umbilicus-veneris.
Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris L. (1753) / Orostachys umbilicus (L.) Hort. Monac. ex Schrank & Martius (1829)
Cotyledon lutea Hudson (1762) / Umbilicus luteus (Hudson) Webb & Berthelot (1840)
Cotyledon lusitanica Lamarck (1786)
Cotyledon repens (L.) Grande (1911)
Umbilicus lassithiensis Gandoger (1916) / Umbilicus erectus var. lassithiensis (Gandoger) Stojanoff (s.a.) / Cotyledon lassithiensis (Gandoger) Hayek (1925)
Distribution : Portugal, southern Italy, Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Saudi Arabia, north-western Africa.
Description (according to IHSP 2003) :
Usually stout plants.
Basal leaves orbicular, peltate, 3 - 7 cm in diameter, margin crenate, cauline leaves ovate-deltoid to linear.
Inflorescences simple or sometimes branched racemes 30 - 80 cm, pedicels 1 - 2 mm.
Flowers usually erect, corolla tubular, 9 - 14 mm, greenish-yellow, petals narrowly lanceolate, acute, ± as long as the tube.
For priority reasons, the valid name for this taxon may be U. luteus.