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Location
Noted as growing in Ithilien; the related red-flowered variety seregon grew profusely on the summit of Amon Rûdh
Species
Numerous flowering plants of the genus Sedum
Meaning
Stone comes from the plants ability to grow in stony conditions; crop is used in its older sense of a 'growth' or 'bunch'
Other names
The red-flowering kind that grew in Beleriand was known as seregon or 'blood of stone'

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Stonecrop

"Look! The king has got a crown again!"
Frodo, on seeing stonecrop on the broken head of a statue
The Two Towers IV 7
Journey to the Cross-roads

A plant with fleshy leaves and star-like flowers of gold or white, noted for its ability to grow in the cracks of stone, an ability from which it takes its name. Stonecrop itself is only recorded as being found in Ithilien, where notably it was found growing, crown-like, on the head of the broken statue at the Cross-roads by Frodo and Sam. Though stonecrop is only described in Ithilien, it doubtless grew more widely in Middle-earth, and a related plant named seregon was known to have grown in Beleriand. That plant was said to be similar to stonecrop, but in place of the usual yellow or white flowers, those of seregon were blood-red in colour.


See also...

Saxifrage, Seregon

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