Carpobrotus acinaciformis
Carpobrotus acinaciformis (L.) L.Bolus
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 10 cm
- wide
- 99 cm
Aizoaceae
Formerly Abryanthemum acinaciforme, Carpobrotus concavus, Carpobrotus laevigatus, Carpobrotus rubrocinctus, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. Cape Prov.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Plants For A Future, one source
- Height
- 10 cmRead from Plants For A Future, one source
- Spread
- 99 cmRead from Plants For A Future, one source
- Flowers
- Pink, purpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Plants For A Future, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 短剑
- Welsh
- môr-ffigysen binc
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants For A Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Carpobrotus acinaciformis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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