Carpobrotus glaucescens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Carpobrotus
- Species
- Carpobrotus glaucescens
- Scientific Name
- Carpobrotus glaucescens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Carpobrotus glaucescens
Carpobrotus glaucescens, commonly known as pigface or iceplant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a succulent, prostrate plant with stems up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long, glaucous leaves, daisy-like flowers with 100 to 150 light purple to deep pinkish-purple, petal-like staminodes and red to purple fruit. The fruits ripen mainly in Summer and Autumn. It usually only grows very close to the sea.
...Carpobrotus glaucescens in languages:
- English
- Angular Sea-fig
- English
- pig face
- English
- pigface
- French
- Ficoïde bleuâtre
- French
- Griffe-de-sorcière bleuâtre
- Russian
- Карпобротус сизоватый
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