Tetragonia fruticosa is a perennial shrub with oblong, succulent leaves and small yellow flowers in late winter and spring. It has white…
Browsing: Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae is a a very large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1900 species, largely endemic to Southern Africa. A few species are found in Australia and the Pacific area. They are commonly known as stone plants or carpet weeds. Species that resemble stones or pebbles are sometimes called mesembs. Several species are known as "ice plants" because of the glistening globular bladder cells covering their stems, fruit and leaves.
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Delosperma sphalmanthoides (Tufted Ice Plant) is a small compact cold-hardy plant. It is the smallest species in the genus. Leaves are…
Tetragonia tetragonioides (New Zealand Spinach) is a leafy succulent groundcover that grows up to 8 inches (20 cm) tall. It has a …
Tetragonia implexicoma (Bower Spinach) is a scrambling subshrub that forms dense leafy patches of up to 13 feet (4 m). The stems are long …
Delosperma nubigenum (Hardy Yellow Ice Plant) is a succulent plant that forms a low mat of fleshy leaves, bearing loads of small starry …
Delosperma cooperi (Pink Carpet) is a perennial evergreen succulent with needle-like leaves studded with fluorescent pink. The leaves are …