Family

Aizoaceae

88 species · Plants

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African Baconfig

Aizoon canariense L.

Aizoon canariense L. is a small spreading succulent-like herb with small yellowish-sepaled flowers, used as food during famine.

Coastal Galenia

Aizoon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh.

Aizoon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh. is a prostrate or decumbent plant with characteristic leaves, flowers, and seeds as described.

Sally-my-handsome

Carpobrotus acinaciformis (L.) L.Bolus

Carpobrotus acinaciformis is a sprawling succulent groundcover from South Africa, widely cultivated and sometimes invasive outside its range.

Chilean sea fig

Carpobrotus chilensis (Molina) N.E.Br.

Carpobrotus chilensis is a ground-covering succulent that is often invasive, with edible parts and documented medicinal uses.

Delicious Sourfig

Carpobrotus deliciosus (L.Bolus) L.Bolus

Carpobrotus deliciosus is a sour-fig species indigenous to South Africa's southern coast with sweet edible fruits.

sea fig

Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br.

Carpobrotus edulis is a creeping South African succulent with edible parts used in traditional medicine.

Angular Sea-fig

Carpobrotus glaucescens (Haw.) Schwantes

Carpobrotus glaucescens is a coastal succulent with edible parts, traditionally used for food and medicinal purposes.

Australian Pig Face

Carpobrotus rossii (Haw.) Schwantes

Carpobrotus rossii (karkalla) is a succulent Australian coastal plant with traditional edible uses and active plant extracts.

Tooth Clockfig

Cheiridopsis denticulata (Haw.) N.E.Br.

Cheiridopsis denticulata, commonly called pink fingers, is a South African succulent with yellow flowers and distinctive colored foliage.

Livingstone Daisy

Cleretum bellidiforme (Burm.fil.) G.D.Rowley

Cleretum bellidiforme is a winter-growing annual succulent native to Western South Africa, widely grown as an ornamental garden plant.

Pig's-root

Conicosia pugioniformis (L.) N.E.Br.

Conicosia pugioniformis is a South African succulent that is an introduced invasive weed in regions like California’s Central Coast.

New Zealand Ice Plant

Disphyma australe (Aiton) J.M.Black

Disphyma australe, New Zealand ice plant, is a coastal succulent endemic to New Zealand, with historical food and medicinal uses.

Purple Dewplant

Disphyma crassifolium (L.) L.Bolus

Disphyma crassifolium is a low-growing succulent shrub found in saline habitats in South Africa and Australia.

Pale dewplant

Drosanthemum floribundum (Haw.) Schwantes

Drosanthemum floribundum is a trailing succulent perennial in the ice plant family native to South Africa's Eastern Cape.

Shade Tonguefig

Glottiphyllum depressum (Haw.) N.E.Br.

Glottiphyllum depressum is a distichous-leaved succulent native to South Africa's Western Cape Province, with hooked-tipped leaves and tumble seed capsules.

Strandveld Beachfig

Jordaaniella dubia (Haw.) H.E.K.Hartmann

Jordaaniella dubia is a South African coastal succulent that works well as an attractive, easy-to-propagate coastal garden ground cover.

Twocolour Brightfig

Lampranthus bicolor (L.) N.E.Br.

Lampranthus bicolor is a spreading succulent flowering plant in Aizoaceae native to southwestern South Africa.

coppery mesemb

Malephora crocea (Jacq.) Schwantes

Malephora crocea, the coppery mesemb or red ice plant, is a succulent perennial groundcover native to Southern Africa grown as an ornamental and fire-resistant groundcover.

heart-leaf ice plant

Mesembryanthemum cordifolium L.fil.

Mesembryanthemum cordifolium is a low-growing South African succulent ornamental with psychoactive alkaloids that is invasive in California.

Crystalline ice plant

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, or ice plant, is a succulent halophyte native to Africa, Sinai, and southern Europe, with edible parts and invasive status in many regions.