View source for Carpobrotus edulis

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|accepted_name=Carpobrotus edulis
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) N. E. Brown in E. P. Phillips
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in E. P. Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.,
|place=249. 1926
|year=1926
}}
|common_names=Hottentot-fig
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mesembryanthemum edule
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Carpobrotus;Carpobrotus edulis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carpobrotus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carpobrotus edulis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 76, 85, 86
|treatment_page=page 87
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>to 3 m; bark persistent, leathery. <b>Leaves</b> green; blade sharply 3-angled in cross section, widest proximal to middle, adaxial side concave, outer angle serrate near apex, 5–11 × 1–1.5 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: pedicel 20–60 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 8–10 cm diam.; calyx lobes 10–60 mm; outer 2 lobes sharply 3-angled in cross section, abaxial angle serrate near apex, 30–60 mm; inner 3 lobes smaller, with membranous margins; petals (including petaloid staminodia) 100–200, yellow, aging pink, 2–4(–5)-seriate, 30–40 mm; stamens 100 per series, yellow, 4(–7)-seriate, simple to plumose, 6–8(–12) mm; anthers yellow; stigmas radiating out over fruits, 8–15 mm. <b>Fruits</b> yellowish, clavate to subglobose, depressed apically, 20–35 mm. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 1000. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round, mostly spring.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, bluffs and terraces, margins of estuaries
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Chile);Europe;s Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Carpobrotus edulis is extensively planted in gardens and along highways and is also used for dune and bluff stabilization. An invasive, introduced species escaped from cultivation, C. edulis hybridizes with other Carpobrotus species. According to W. Wisura and H. F. Glen (1993), pink-flowered plants are seen in the wild only when C. edulis comes in contact with species of Carpobrotus with purple flowers.</p>
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name=Carpobrotus edulis
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) N. E. Brown in E. P. Phillips
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mesembryanthemum edule
|family=Aizoaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round, mostly spring.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, bluffs and terraces, margins of estuaries
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Chile);Europe;s Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in E. P. Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.,
|publication year=1926
|special status=
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|genus=Carpobrotus
|species=Carpobrotus edulis
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