Family: Aizoaceae
Plant: A prostrate, spreading herb forming dense carpets.
Flower: Large daisy like flower 4-6cm diameter with bright pink to purple petals and masses of yellow stamens in a central disc.
Flowering: January-December.
Fruit: Red to purple fleshy berry 2-3cm long.
Leaves: Succulent, thick, linear, leaves 4-10cm long and 9-15mm wide and triangular in cross-section.
Habitat: Near the sea on cliffs and dunes.
Features: Succulent, thick, fleshy leaves triangular in cross-section. Large showy pink flowers.
Name:
Carpobrotus From Greek karpos = fruit and brotos = edible
glaucescens From Latin glaucus = bluish-green and escens = resembling (referring to its glaucous leaves).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Pink, Purple |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, |
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10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry |
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Colour |
Red, Purple |
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Other Features |
Fleshy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Succulent |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Beach strand |
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