Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Eurobodalla National Park south of Narooma

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Richard Hartland, Point Cook, Vic

Plant. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, western NSW

Common name

Round-leaved pigface, Rounded noon-flower

Family

Aizoaceae

Where found

Beaches and coastal cliffs. South from Batemans Bay.

Notes

Annual or short lived perennial herb, prostrate, stems to 2 m long.  Leaves fleshy, opposite each other or in clusters, 1-7 cm long, 2-10 mm thick, more or less cylindrical to obscurely triangular in cross section, with warty margins and blunt tips.  Flowers 20-50 mm in diameter, purple or pink, with many 'petals'.  Flowers Spring to Summer.  Fruit at first red and fleshy, becoming dry and hardened.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Disphyma~crassifolium~subsp.+clavellatum  (accessed 12 January, 2021)