Aptenia cordifolia Calflora

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Taxon Report

Aptenia cordifolia (L. f.) Schwantes

Baby sun rose, Dew plant

2022 Ron Vanderhoff

2018 Rachelle Gray

2001 Tony Morosco

2005 Luigi Rignanese

Aptenia cordifolia is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (338 records) Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Aptenia
Family:	Aizoaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian, escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Mesembryanthemum cordifolium

Information about Aptenia cordifolia from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (APCO) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 06/08/2023).