Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel

Nuytsia@Tas on Flickr of the UK is the photographer behind today's image (original | BPotD Flickr Group Pool). Thank you!

Commonly known as houseleeks or liveforever (a literal translation of the generic name), species in the genus Sempervivum are distributed throughout southern Europe and parts of the Middle East. A large collection of the plants can be found outside the new Intermountain Dry Habitat House at UBC Botanical Garden; we've made an interpretative sign about the collection.