Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Carpobrotus edulis
Common name
Glaucous pigface, Hottentot fig
Family
Aizoaceae
Where found
Dunes, sandy pastures, open woodland, and moist areas. Coastal. Not common.
Notes
Introduced prostrate perennial herb with stems to 2 m long, usually less than 0.30 m tall. Stems, leaves, and fruit fleshy. Stems hairless. Leaves 4-10 cm long, 5-17 mm wide, opposite each other, triangular in cross section, dark or dull green (often with a reddish tinge), one corner with small teeth, tips pointed. Flowers cream to yellow, white towards the base, becoming pink with age, 70-85 mm in diameter, with about 120-130 'petals'. Flowers most of the year. Fruit yellowish to reddish-purple, almost round.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Carpobrotus~edulis
(accessed 7 January, 2021)
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