Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
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Common iceplant, Crystalline ice plant
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is an annual herb that is not native to California.
Cal-IPC rating: moderate
Bloom Period
one or more occurrenceswithin a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands
coastal
Coastal Strand, Coastal Sage Scrub, wetland-riparian
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[Wikipedia] Africa, Sinai, Southern Europe Native, Description: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a prostrate succulent plant native to Africa, Sinai and southern Europe, and naturalized in the New World. The plant is covered with large, glistening bladder cells or water vesicles, reflected in its common names of common ice plant, crystalline ice plant or ice plant.[1] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
