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Showy dewflower

Drosanthemum floribundum

Also called Pale Dewplant, Pale Dew Plant, Rosea Iceplant, Pale Dewfig, Persian Carpet, Purple Carpet, Rosy Ice Plant

Showy dewflower
Photo: Gawie, Attribution
Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Climber, Succulent, Perennial
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Drosanthemum floribundum, commonly known as rodondo creeper, pale dewplant, or dew-flower, is a succulent plant in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. The species is native to the Eastern Cape in South Africa and is naturalised in Portugal and the states of South Australia, Western Australia, and Victoria in Australia, as well as Pacific Grove, California where it is called the Magic Carpet. It is a trailing perennial with hairy stems and leaves that are either cylindrical or triangular in cross section. These are between 3 and 15 mm in length and 1 to 2.5 mm in width. Flowers are up to 2.5 cm in diameter and are lavender, pink or occasionally white.

Other Drosanthemum plants

Hairy dewflower · Scarlet Dewfig · Fire Dewfig · Quarter Dewfig · Knersvlakte Dewfig · Royal dewflower · Dewflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drosanthemum floribundum 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.

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