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Disphyma crassifolium (Rounded Noon Flower) |
Disphyma crassifolium (AIZOOACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Disphyma crassifolium(L.) L. Bolus
Published in Fl. Pl. South Africa 7: t. 276 (1927) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
Mesembryanthemum crassifolium
L.
Full list of synonyms :
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Plant Family : | Aizooaceae The Fig-Marigold Family 14 Aizooaceae species recorded from Malta.
Rudolphi | English name(s) : | Rounded Noon Flower, Dew Plant, Purple PigFace | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Casual Alien | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE (Small or dwarf 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 : | Degraded areas or wasteground usually from dumped house plants | Remarks : | Photos and Identification supplied by the courtesy of Arnold Sciberras. |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
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 house plants |
Botanical Description: |
Perennial; stems 20-100 cm, procumbent or trailing, rooting freely at the nodes. Leaves in groups of 3-10, 15-40 × 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):
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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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| Images (2 images) | |
Disphyma crassifolium - Image Code: DISCF-0.
| Disphyma crassifolium - Image Code: DISCF-1.
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