WorldFloraDB - Disphyma crassifolium

Characteristics

A herb which lies along the ground. It is soft and succulent. It can spread 1-2 m wide. It can form dense mats over the ground. The branches root at the nodes. The leaves are sausage shaped. They are fleshy. They are 2-3 cm long and rounded in cross section. They can be red. The flowers are 1-5 cm across. They are light purple with some white colour. The fruit is a capsule which becomes dry and hard at maturity.

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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.1 m high, stems decumbent forming mats rooting at nodes. Leaves smooth, bluntly 3-angled, apple-green, tinged red when stressed. Flowers solitary or 2-or 3-nate, white to pale or bright pink. Flowering time May-Sept. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies large, bifid.

Mat-forming perennial, rooting at nodes. Leaves 25-35 mm long, trigonous, shortly acuminate, smooth, dark green, with translucent dots. Flowers 1-3, terminal, white to rose-red, 40 mm diam. Fruits 5-locular, pale yellow, sponge-like.

Shrub with prostrate branches. Leaves triquetrous, 5–70 mm long, 1–7 mm wide; keel rounded. Capsule obconical, 4–14 mm long, 5–12 mm wide; pedicels up to 10 cm long.

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Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in drier sandy parts of salt marshes and on cliffs. It grows in coastal locations and up to 500 km inland. It can tolerate drought and frost. It does well on salty soils. It needs good drainage.

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Commonly found on samphire flats and dunes of coastal areas, and in saline areas inland.

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Edible	flowers fruits leaves
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from stem or leaf cuttings. It can also be grown from seed. Cuttings form roots quickly.

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