Astridia velutina is a small succulent with ascending, branched stems that bear thick, fleshy, grey-green leaves that grow in opposing …
Browsing: Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae is a a very large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1900 species, largely endemic to Southern Africa. A few species are found in Australia and the Pacific area. They are commonly known as stone plants or carpet weeds. Species that resemble stones or pebbles are sometimes called Mesembs. Several species are known as "ice plants" because of the glistening globular bladder cells covering their stems, fruit and leaves.
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Corpuscularia lehmannii 'Variegata' (Ice Plant) is an attractive succulent with ascending, branched stems and thick, fleshy, variegated …
Glottiphyllum depressum (Tongue Plant) is a prostrate, moderately branched succulent with short branches that bear fleshy green leaves in …
Bergeranthus vespertinus is a small succulent that forms a compact clump of trigonous leaves densely packed in rosettes. It can grow up …
Gibbaeum velutinum is a dwarf, clump-forming succulent with short, woody, prostrate stems and pairs of unequal fleshy, finger-like leaves …
Lithops helmutii is a dwarf succulent with heart-shaped bodies composed of a pair of fleshy, widely gaping leaves. The bodies are …
Conophytum meyeri is a dwarf, freely branching succulent that forms domed or straggly cushions of well-fused leaf-pairs. It can grow up …
Cheiridopsis brownii is a small succulent with opposite pairs of fat, not gaping, mildly keeled leaves on short branches. It forms dense …
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Common Ice Plant) is a low-growing succulent with trailing, dichotomously branched stems and fleshy, spoon …
Ruschia uncinata is a mat-forming succulent with interesting leafless, gray-green, cylindrical stems with small opposite pointed nodes …