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Disphyma crassifolium
Also called Purple Dew Plant, Round Leaf Pigface, New Zealand Ice Plant, Round Leaved Pigface, Dewplant
Disphyma crassifolium is a prostrate, succulent annual or short-lived perennial shrub from coastal Australia and South Africa, grown for its fleshy leaves and purple daisy-like flowers. It thrives in full sun, sharp drainage and salt-tolerant conditions.
Disphyma crassifolium, commonly known as round-leaved pigface or salty fingers is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae native to Australia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. 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 purple daisy-like flowers with staminodes up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long.
Disphyma crassifolium is widely distributed in South Africa and Australia. It grows in saline areas such as coastal dunes and samphire flats, and tolerates a range of soils including sand, loam and clay.
Disphyma australe · Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum · Disphyma dunsdonii · Chatham Island Ice Plant · Ice Plants
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Disphyma crassifolium 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.
