Carpobrotus edulis (ice plant, highway ice plant, pigface or Hottentot fig) 1

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About Carpobrotus edulis (ice plant, highway ice plant, pigface or Hottentot fig)

Carpobrotus edulis an easy-to-grow succulent groundcover, ideal for low-maintenance and water-wise gardens. It is also a useful first-aid plant with edible fruits for the herb or kitchen garden. A robust, flat-growing, trailing perennial, rooting at nodes and forming dense mats. The succulent horizontal stems curve upwards at the growing point. The leaves are succulent, crowded along the stem, 60-130 x 10-12 mm, sharply 3-angled and triangular in cross-section, yellowish to grass-green, and reddish when older. Flowers are solitary, 100-150 mm in diameter, yellow, fading to pale pink. Mesembryanthemaceae