Umbilicus chrysanthus

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Venus' navel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Umbilicus
Species: U. chrysanthus
Binomial name
Umbilicus chrysanthus
Boiss. and Heldr.

Umbilicus chrysanthus, known as Venus' navel or nabelkraut, is a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, in the genus Umbilicus, which is found in the Alps. It is called Venusnabel in German, but the French translation nombril de Vénus refers to navelwort.


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