Common name: Angled Ice Plant
Mesembryanthemum aitonis Jacq. APNI* Synonyms: Gasoul aitonis (Jacq.) H.Eichler APNI*
Cryophytum aitonis (Jacq.) N.E.Br. APNI*
Description: Low shrub with branches tinged with red, stems erect or trailing.
Leaves on non-flowering parts of stem ovate or spathulate, 10–40 mm long, 5–30 mm wide, acute or obtuse, red or green, reflexed, the adaxial surface concave; petiole wide, base partly ensheathing stem.
Flowers 10–15 mm diam. Perianth lobes c. 6–8 mm long, awnless or with an apical awn 2–3 mm long. Petaloid staminodes 10–15 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, white. Stamens much shorter than the staminodes. Ovary distinctly 5-lobed.
Fruit oblong, 5–7 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; perianth lobes sharply reflexed at maturity.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of S Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NFWP
Other Australian states: *Vic. *S.A.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & J. Highet
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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