Slight resemblance to : Rock Stonecrop (Sedum forsterianum) which also has 5-starred yellow flowers but they are on long succulent stalks and have short leaves which are more like needles.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature :

It is a very variable plant regarding habit and leaf-shape. Some, perhaps all, of the specimens growing wild in the UK are var. middendorfianum.

You are more likely to come across this plant in a garden (as these two sets above), or recently escaped from one, evading re-capture. Some, or all, specimens are var. middendorfianum

Like most Stonecrops, this plant has 5 petals, which are narrow and pointed. The flowers are a brighter yellow than the similar Biting Stonecrop, but its leaves are more similar to those of the red/purple flowered Caucasian Stonecrop: spoon-shaped with deepish forward-pointing teeth.

Its name is derived from the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia, presumably where it was first found.