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Tetragoniaceae Lindl. The Aizoaceae (/ eɪzoʊˈeɪsiːˌiː, - siˌaɪ /), or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1,800 species. [2] Several genera are commonly known as ' ice plants ' or ' carpet weeds '. The Aizoaceae are also referred to as vygies in South Africa.
N.E.Br. Carpobrotus, commonly known as pigface, ice plant, sour fig, Hottentot fig, and clawberry is a genus of ground-creeping plants with succulent leaves and large daisy-like flowers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek karpos "fruit" and brotos "edible", referring to its edible fruits. [1] The genus includes some 12 to 20 accepted species.
Hylotelephium spectabile. (Boreau) H.Ohba. Synonyms [1] Sedum spectabile Boreau. Sedum telephium var. kirinense Kom. Hylotelephium spectabile (syn. Sedum spectabile) is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, native to China and Korea. Its common names include showy stonecrop, [2] iceplant, [3] and butterfly stonecrop.
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.
Bicolored hybrid Plantings in oceanfront gardens, Cambria, California, April 2020. Delosperma cooperi (syn. Mesembryanthemum cooperi), the trailing Iceplant, hardy iceplant or pink carpet, [1] is a dwarf perennial plant native to South Africa.
Delosperma ('delos'=evident, 'sperma'=seed) is a genus of around 170 species of succulent plants, formerly included in Mesembryanthemum in the family Aizoaceae. It was defined by English botanist N. E. Brown in 1925. [1] The genus is common in southern and eastern Africa, with a few species in Madagascar, Reunion island, Yemen and Saudi Arabia ...
Mesembryanthemum croceum. Malephora crocea is a species of succulent perennial flowering plant in the ice plant family known by the common names ' coppery mesemb ' and ' red ice plant '. It is native to Southern Africa but is grown in many other regions of the world, primarily as an ornamental plant, but also as a fireproof groundcover.
Drosanthemum floribundum, commonly known as rodondo creeper, pale dewplant, or dew-flower, is a succulent plant in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae.The species is native to the Eastern Cape in South Africa and is naturalised in Portugal and the states of South Australia, Western Australia, and Victoria in Australia, [1] [2] as well as Pacific Grove, California [3] where it is called the Magic ...