Aizoaceae
Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega
Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega
Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega, with a description matching S. portulacastrum, has recorded fatty acid content and tested antimicrobial activity.
Coast Seacoral
Tetragonia decumbens Mill.
Tetragonia decumbens, known as dune or sea spinach, is an edible trailing dune plant native to southern Africa and naturalised in parts of Australia.
Sprawling Seacoral
Tetragonia fruticosa L.
Tetragonia fruticosa (kinkelbossie) is a Namibian endemic coastal perennial shrub, used for dune stabilization and supporting honeybees.
bower spinach
Tetragonia implexicoma (Miq.) Hook.fil.
Tetragonia implexicoma, or bower spinach, is a scrambling coastal subshrub found in New Zealand and southern Australia.
New Zealand Spinach
Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze
Tetragonia tetragonoides is an oxalate-containing, spinach-like heirloom vegetable grown for edible leaves.
desert horse purslane
Trianthema portulacastrum L.
Trianthema portulacastrum L. is an annual herb with distinct fleshy structure, flowers, fruit, and multiple seed dispersal methods.
Trichodiadema calvatum L.Bolus
Trichodiadema calvatum L.Bolus
Trichodiadema calvatum L.Bolus is a small erect plant with distinct traits that set it apart from other species in its genus.
Fingerfig
Mesembryanthemum digitatum (Sol.)
Mesembryanthemum digitatum is a finger-leaved succulent native to South Africa's arid Karoo, grown as a perennial succulent.
Namaqua Skeletonfig
Mesembryanthemum tortuosum L.
Mesembryanthemum tortuosum, or kanna, is a South African succulent with a long history of human medicinal and recreational use.
Spanish Aizoon
Aizoanthemopsis hispanica (L.) Klak
Aizoanthemopsis hispanica is a succulent annual herb with a unique rain-powered seed dispersal mechanism native to arid and Mediterranean regions.
coastal pigface
Carpobrotus virescens (Haw.) Schwantes
Carpobrotus virescens is a prostrate coastal succulent endemic to Western Australia, with purple-based white staminodes.
Giant Sourfig
Carpobrotus quadrifidus L.Bolus
Carpobrotus quadrifidus is a robust sour-fig species from South Africa's west coast with the largest flowers in its family.
inland pigface
Carpobrotus modestus S.T.Blake
Carpobrotus modestus is a prostrate succulent Australian pigface that has documented traditional uses by First Nations people.
Eastern Sourfig
Carpobrotus dimidiatus (Haw.) L.Bolus
Carpobrotus dimidiatus is a succulent plant native to the southeastern African coast, with pink to mauve flowers and edible fruits.
Mountain Sourfig
Carpobrotus mellei (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
Carpobrotus mellei is a South African sour-fig that is the only inland mountain fynbos species of its genus, with edible fruit.
Lime Sourfig
Carpobrotus muirii (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
Carpobrotus muirii is a South African coastal succulent with edible fruits, whose natural range is declining.
Mouse Dewfig
Drosanthemum hispidum (L.) Schwantes
Drosanthemum hispidum, the hairy dewflower, is a succulent perennial herb in the Aizoaceae family that contains a Sceletium-related alkaloid.
Rodondo Creeper
Drosanthemum candens (Haw.) Schwantes
Drosanthemum candens is a trailing succulent native to South Africa, naturalized in other regions, with hairy foliage and colored flowers.
Knersvlakte Dewfig
Drosanthemum schoenlandianum (Schltr.) L.Bolus
Drosanthemum schoenlandianum is a succulent plant species in genus Drosanthemum, endemic to South Africa's Cape Provinces.
Red Dewfig
Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes
Drosanthemum speciosum, or royal dewflower, is a South African succulent with two distinct whorls of staminodes.
Scarlet Dewfig
Drosanthemum lavisii L.Bolus
Drosanthemum lavisii is an endangered endemic succulent shrub from South Africa's Western Cape, distinguished by hooked leaf tips and a rough calyx base.
Ruschia leptocalyx L.Bolus
Ruschia leptocalyx L.Bolus
Ruschia leptocalyx L.Bolus is a slender branching shrub found in Renosterveld in the southern Western Cape, South Africa.
orange dewplant
Lampranthus aureus (L.) N.E.Br.
Lampranthus aureus is a self-supporting succulent shrub from the Aizoaceae stone plant family that has simple broad leaves.
Hairless Brightfig
Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br.
Lampranthus glaucus is a succulent shrub native to South Africa, invasive in Western Australia and New Zealand, grown in gardens worldwide.
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