Carpobrotus rossii (Haw.) Schwantes

Stems prostrate, to 1 m long. Leaves 3.5–10 cm long, 6–11 mm wide, not equilateral near middle, green or glaucous, sometimes tinged red; adaxial surface concave or flat; lateral surfaces slightly concave or flat; keel smooth, or crenulate in upper portion. Flowers 3.5–5.5 cm diam.; pedicels 5–28 mm long. Petal-like staminodes purple, white at base, streaked only near midline when dry; stamens 100–250, 3–4-seriate. Styles 6–10, free; ovary conical, compressed laterally, 2-ribbed, flat or slightly convex on top.

Temperate. It can grow in the subtropics and in semiarid places. It needs well drained soil. It can grow in dry soil and in full sun. It cannot stand frost. It can grow near coasts. It grows on sand dunes and the edges of salt marshes. Melbourne Botanical Gardens. Hobart Botanical Gardens. Tasmania Herbarium. Arboretum Tasmania.

The fruit are eaten both fresh and dried. The leaves are eaten with meat. They are salty. They can be eaten raw or cooked.

Plants can be grown from seed, cuttings or divisions of the stems which have rooted. Cuttings form roots quickly.