It grows in very shallow soil on top of rock faces.
Looks like a sedum.
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Thanks for the tip! According to this website, it looks like it's sedum microcarpum, though it looks nothing like the picture on the species' Wikipedia page. That looks more like this plant:
Could they be the same species?
Edit: from an image search it looks like the answer is yes! I wonder why it can look so different.
Automatic identification via PlantNet summary
Most likely match: Crassula vaillantii (Willd.) Roth
| Common name | Scientific name | Likeliness |
|---|---|---|
| Narrow-leaved mossy stonecrop | Crassula vaillantii | 13.99 % |
| Blue stonecrop | Sedum caeruleum | 13.49 % |
| Shortleaf stonecrop | Sedum brevifolium | 4.82 % |
| Dunkler Mauerpfeffer | Sedum atratum | 4.71 % |
| Annual seablite | Suaeda maritima | 3.71 % |
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