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Carpobrotus aequilaterus
Also called Angled Pigface, Angular Pigface, Sea Fig, Angled Sea Fig, Ice Plant
Carpobrotus aequilaterus, common names: angled pigface, Chilean pigface, This species is thought to have originated in southern Africa (or possibly South America) and a naturalised weed elsewhere. However, according to VicFlora it is native to South Africa,
It is also known as the sea fig.
Sally My Handsome · Sea fig · Delicious Sourfig · Natal dune vygie · Hottentot fig · Angular Sea-Fig · Mountain Sourfig · Inland Pigface · Albertinia sour fig · Giant Sourfig · Karkalla · Coastal Pigface
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carpobrotus aequilaterus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
