Accession Data

Carpobrotus rossii

Common Name: Native Pigface, Ice Plant

Family: Aizoaceae

Country of Origin: Australia

Description: Trailing plant with angular succulent leaves and large purple flowers.

Uses: Fruit is edible, and leaves can be cooked and eaten. Juice from the leaves is reputed to repel insects and sooth skin problems.

Accession Data

Accession #: 201000105

Accession Date: 2010-09-14 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2105

Quantity: 2

Source: Seeds From Tasmania, via Cheri Collins

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Aizoaceae

SubFamily: Ruschioideae

Tribe: Ruschieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
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2013
2012

References

Information from Seeds From Tasmania label.

Images

Carpobrotus rossii