Species name :

Disphyma crassifolium(L.) L. Bolus
Published in Fl. Pl. South Africa 7: t. 276 (1927)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Mesembryanthemum crassifolium L.

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Aizooaceae Rudolphi (The Fig-Marigold Family)
16 species from the Aizooaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Rounded Noon Flower, Dew Plant, Purple PigFace

Maltese name(s) :

Maltese name not known

Status for Malta :

Casual or accidental alien species introduced in Malta rather recently and which is short-lived or resticted in small populations for a short time without becoming widespread.

Frequency :

Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE (dwarf or small shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

May-Oct

Colour of Flowers:

Violet

Habitat in Europe:

Cultivated for ornament, and naturalized on coastal cliffs and sands, and rarely inland in disturbed places.

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Degraded areas or wasteground usually from dumped cultivated material, or abandoned cultivation

Botanical Description:

Perennial; stems 20-100 cm, procumbent or trailing, rooting freely at the nodes. Leaves in groups of 3-10, 15-40 x 3-10 mm, oblanceolate, flat above, rounded or somewhat keeled beneath, with rounded apex, yellowish-green to reddish. Flowers solitary, axillary, 3-5 cm in diameter; petals purple.

Distributional range:

West Mediterranean

Native region outside Europe:

(South Africa)

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

Introduced in  the Azores, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Portugal

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

[nAz(T) nBl Bl(M N) nBr nCa Ca(C F P) nGa(C F) aHs Hs(G S) nLu aMa]

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