Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, south coast, NSW

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: F Humphreys, Carnarvon, WA

Carpet. Photograper Marlith, California, USA

Common Name

Hottentot Fig, Glaucous Pigface

Family

Aizoaceae

Notes

Introduced prostrate perennial forb with stems to 2m long,usually less than 30cm tall. Leaves succulent, opposite each other, 4-10cm long, 5-17mm wide, triangular in cross-section, hairless, one edge with small teeth. Flowers creamy yellow, becoming pinkish with age, with about 120-130 'petals', solitary or in threes at the ends of the stems. Fruit yellowish to reddish purple.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Carpobrotus~edulis

Weeds of Australia Biosecurity Queensland Edition description:  http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Carpobrotus_edulis.htm