Species
Ice plant
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Varieties
1 entriesMesembryanthemum crystallinum is a succulent annual or biennial with spreading stems and broad leaves.
Botanical characteristics
Pale flowers can age pink. Its fruiting capsules illustrate a characteristic of Mesembryanthemum: they open when moist and close as they dry. This moisture-linked mechanism gives a more precise botanical description than the ice-plant common name alone.
Ice plant: seed selection
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum seed is offered for reseller assortments.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
- Common names
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- barrilha, barrilla de canarias, cabellera de la reina, common iceplant, crystalline iceplant, eiskraut, erva-do-orvalho, erva-geleda, escarchada, escarchosa, ficoïde cristalline, ficoïde glaciale, ficoïde à cristaux, herba de plata, herba gelada, hierba de la plata, iceplant, ijsplantje, is-middagsblomst, isört, jeges kristályvirág, kristall-eiskraut, mésembryanthème à cristaux, orvalho
- Synonyms
- Cryophytum crystallinum, Cryophytum parvum, Gasoul crystallinum, Mesembryanthemum breve, Mesembryanthemum glaciale
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Mesembryanthemum
- Species
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum