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Disphyma australe, the New Zealand ice plant, is a prostrate, fleshy-leaved coastal succulent with white to pink daisy-like flowers, grown as a ground cover in mild climates. It thrives in full sun and well-drained, sandy or gritty soil, and tolerates salt spray.
Disphyma australe is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It is a prostrate, succulent annual shrub or short-lived perennial plant with stems up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long, leaves that are three-sided in cross-section with a rounded lower angle, and white to deep pink daisy-like flowers that are 2–4 cm (0.79–1.57 in) in diameter with 3–5 rows of petals and multiple stamens. Disphyma australe is a coastal plant and therefore can be found at cliff faces, gravel beaches, salt meadows and estuaries.
Disphyma australe is endemic to New Zealand, that is, it occurs naturally only in New Zealand. It now also grows on a few Australian islands, such as Tasmania, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum · Purple Dewplant · Disphyma dunsdonii · Chatham Island Ice Plant · Ice Plants
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Disphyma australe by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
