Australian Native Plants - Pigface, Sea Purslane
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Carpobrotus glaucescens
(Pigface) |
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Pigface is a succulent prostrate creeper with thick fleshy leaves that are 4-8 cm long, 8-17 mm wide and triangular in cross-section.
The leaves range from bright green to green with tinges of red along the edges and are opposite.
The plant's... Read more > |
Carpobrotus rossii
(Karkalla) |
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Karkalla is a perennial succulent with trailing stems to 1 m long or more, which often root at the nodes. Leaves opposite, 3.5-10 cm long and 6-11 mm thick, often incurved, green to glaucous (blue-green with a whitish bloom), smooth and triangular... Read more > |
Sesuvium portulacastrum
(Sea Purslane) |
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This spreading creeper is a succulent herb with roots at the joints (nodes).
Its leaves are opposite, glossy, flat, strap-like and around 2.5-5 cm long.
The plant's stems can range in colour from green through to red and orange.
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