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The Aizoaceae (/ eɪzoʊˈeɪsiːˌiː, - siˌaɪ /), or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species. [2] Several genera are commonly known as ' ice plants ' or ' carpet weeds '. The Aizoaceae are also referred to as vygies in South Africa and New Zealand.
Carpobrotus edulis is a creeping, mat-forming succulent species. It grows year round, with individual shoot segments growing more than 1 m (3 ft) per year. [citation needed] It can grow to at least 50 m (165 ft) in diameter. The leaves are a dull-green or yellow-green colour. They are only very slightly curved and have serrated sides near the tips.
Cleretum bellidiforme, [2] commonly called Livingstone daisy, Bokbaaivygie (Afrikaans), or Buck Bay vygie, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It is a low-growing succulent annual growing to 25 cm (10 in), and cultivated for its iridescent, many-petalled, daisy-like blooms in ...
Epilobium angustifolium L. Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub. Chamaenerion angustifolium is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is known in North America as fireweed and in Britain and Ireland as rosebay willowherb. [1] It is also known by the synonyms Chamerion angustifolium and Epilobium angustifolium.
Bishop pine (Pinus muricata)*. Monterey pine (Pinus radiata)*. Pine (Pinus sp.)*. Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana)*. Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) American dogwood (Cornus sericea)*. Eastwood ...
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (the common, ' crystalline ' or ' crystallinum ' iceplant, or simply ' iceplant ') is a species of annual / perennial, succulent flowering plant in the "mesemb" genus of the Aizoaceae family. A true Mediterranean-climate grower, this prostrate groundcover is native to coastal North Africa and Sinai, the Levant and ...
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium, formerly known as Aptenia cordifolia, is a species of succulent plant in the iceplant family. It is a creeping plant that forms a carpet of flat-growing perennial herbs in groups on the ground from a base. [1] The genus name means middle-embryo flower in reference to the position of the ovary in the flower.
Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. They avoid being eaten by herbivores with their camouflage as small stones, and are often known as pebble plants or living stones. "Lithops" is both the genus name and the common name, and is singular as well as plural.