Ice plant
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- —
Aizoaceae
Also called Hottentot fig, Hottentot-fig, Sour fig
Formerly Abryanthemum edule, Mesembryanthemum edule
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
- Cape Prov.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS pink, yellow; Wikipedia yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Afrikaans
- Suurvy
- Welsh
- ffigysen yr Hotentot
- Finnish
- hottentottiviikuna, Viikunapäivikki
- Dutch
- Hottentotvijg
- Chinese
- 海榕菜, 莫邪菊, 食用昼花
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Carpobrotus edulis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.