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(Upload on February 17 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]

Mesembryanthemum L. (ハナヅルソウ), ice plant Suisyouhanazurusou (スイショウハナヅルソウ*, 水晶花蔓草), common ice plant, crystalline ice plant or ice plant (* tentative translation) Lifeform: prostrate succulent forb Distribution: native to Africa, Sinai and southern Europe naturalized in North America, South America and Australia Habitat: disturbed sites such as roadsides, rubbish dumps and homestead yards

Morphology: covered with large, glistening bladder cells or water vesicles - to reserve water Photosynthesis: C3 → CAM under water-or salt-stressed Use: ornamental, edible and medical Synonyms: Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N. E. Brown

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in Western Australia

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[1-3] in the campus of the University of Western Australiaon, Crawley, Western Australia, on October 3 2003.