large unidentified plant

Biri · Post by **Biri** » Wed May 16, 2012 6:29 pm

Can anyone name this plant, south east coast large violet flowers and small succulent leaves.

Post by **MWP admin** » Wed May 16, 2012 8:00 pm

Do you have close-up images of the flowers and leaves, because your photo lacks a bit such details for an ID

Also, it will help if you state the locality and the habitat it was growing, at least if wild or cultivate or garden escape.

Biri · Post by **Biri** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:33 pm

Thanks for answering. The site is near Fort Ricasoli, there is a small chapel and cemetary for pesta victims just in front of it, the plant was found among rubble as you can see and not in a garden. I thought it was a massive thyme from a far, but actually a succulent small leaved plant.
the photo was taken with a 2 mega pixel mobile phone.
The plant appeared monstrous as you can see growing densely and thickly covering the ground beneath.

Oh and I found your article on the two rocks appropriate and gave me a smile or two to say the least.

Post by **MWP admin** » Thu May 17, 2012 6:08 pm

From this photo I can suggest two tentative IDs:

i) either Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum, but usually it does not make that much dense flowers (but you never now!) or (ii) a holticulture escape of a plant of the Aizoaceae family
Quick link

eg. a white form of this ornamental:

http://www.succulent-plant.com/families ... hiodes.jpg
(copy and paste the url yourself becasue the image is hot-link protected)

Do you remember if the flowers had many slender petals?

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:12 pm

Probably an ornamental, along with Inula crithmoides in the foreground

Post by **MWP admin** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:29 pm

Yes, and at the background there is some stones and bricks dumped, hence the source of the orn. could be through waste (eg. unwanted pots)

Regards
Stephen

Biri · Post by **Biri** » Sun May 20, 2012 10:58 am

I will send a close up soon, as soon as i buy a new camera.
probably an ornamental as there was dumped material.
Nice invasive plant though.

Biri · Post by **Biri** » Sun May 18, 2014 12:13 pm

The plant is called Disphyma australe, and I saw it again 15.5.2014 and it has doubled in size. Just growing over everything.

https://www.google.com.mt/url?sa=i&rct= ... 7631654125

Post by **MWP admin** » Sun May 18, 2014 6:19 pm

Thanks for reporting back. I assume you did your HW well because Aizoaceae tends to be tricky to identigy sometimes, but I think you are right.

Many Thanks BIRI