#carpobrotus

[devsquared]

Carpobrotus, also called pig face, sour fig, ice plant in Capela da Boa Nova

#plant #carpobrotus #ice plant #sour fig #pig face #portugal #I believe it's invasive

[philoursmars]

Je reviens ENCORE une fois à mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 55800 photos (environ).  On est en 2017 et comme ce blog est né en 2017, j’arriverai donc au bout de cette présentation.

Marseille, au printemps. A la limite du Parc National des Calanques, le Mont Rose couvert de fleurs : Centranthes rouges - Ophrys jaune - Centranthes et Luzernes arborescentes - Coquelicot - Mouron bleu - Carpobrotus - Asphodèles

#souvenirs #marseille #mont rose #parc national des calanques #botanique #couleur #coquelicot #centranthe #centranthe rouge #lilas d'espagne #ophrys #ophrys jaune #orchidée #luzerne #luzerne arborescente #mouron #mouron bleu #carpobrotus #asphodèle

[ordinary-beautiful]

(Pig)face to the Sun

#pigface #sour fig #carpobrotus #native #botany #photographers on tumblr #photographers of colour #original photographers #purple

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Carpobrotus sp.

14-SEP-2022

Melbourne, Vic

#australia #victoria #melbourne #flowers #pink flowers #succulents #pigface #ice plant #sour fig #hottentot fig #clawberry #caryophyllales #aizoaceae #ruschioideae #ruschieae #carpobrotus #anther #stamen #stigma #style

[katiajewelbox]

Looking for an indoor-outdoor green friend? The Ice Plant (Carpobrotus edulis) may be the next houseplant to add to your wish list, but take care in keeping it contained to your home and garden.

Ice Plants make attractive angular succulent leaves and have trailing growth along with shimmery yellow or pale pink flowers in spring. The succulent leaves have a “glittery” appearance due to their texture. As potted plants, they need plenty of sun and can be kept outside in the UK unless there is frost. They are frost tender and must be protected or moved inside in winter.

Native to South Africa, the Ice Plant has evolved to thrive in coastal environments with salty spray, steep cliffs, and nutrient-poor sandy soil. Ice Plants can easily outcompete native coastal plant species and become invasive in places like California, USA, the Mediterranean, Australian coasts, and Cornwall, UK. When Ice Plants take over an area, they make the soil more acidic - which is favourable to Ice Plants while making it more difficult for other plants to grow.

How did this frost tender plant become invasive in the UK though? Ice Plants have taken over specific areas of Cornwall, where the cliff and dune environments rarely have frost due to the warm Gulf Stream ocean current. They are escapees from gardens where Ice Plants are used as ground cover, and in the mid 20th century it was introduced to slow dune erosion. Some areas, like the scenic Lizard Point in Cornwall, are carpeted in Ice Plants and many visitors assume they are a native species. Although the climate is not warm enough for their fruits to ripen, the plant spreads prodigiously via fragmentation (new plants growing from broken off pieces). Therefore, there is probably low genetic diversity among the Ice Plant populations in Cornwall, which may make them more vulnerable to pests and diseases in the long run.

The Ice Plant can be a “nice plant” as long as you keep it strictly in captivity!

#katia_plantscientist #iceplant #aizoaceae #carpobrotus #carpobrotusedulis #succulent #houseplants #invasiveplants #cornwall #coastalplants #trailingplants #flowers #southafricanplants #invasivespecies #plantbiology #botany #plants #katia plant scientist #plant science #katia hougaard #plant biology #houseplant #indoor plants

[crudlynaturephotos]

#sea fig #ice plant #carpobrotus #flowering succulents #beach #la jolla

[fefiemmanouil1]

focus in nature

#pink flowers #stamens #petals #flowers micro #nature #carpobrotus edulis

[wussupg]

#sour figs #carpobrotus edulis

[kararadaygum]

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#succulents #plantblr #nature photography #beach #plants #pantelleria #traveling #Carpobrotus edulis #original photography #strand #travel #reise #original photographers #caryophyllales #travelling #reisen #plant photography #pflanzen #italy #italien #island #insel #summer #sommer #plant #pflanze #botany #botanik #succulent #sukkulenten

[giardinoweb]

Oggi voglio parlare del Carpobrotus edulis, una pianta succulenta che è nota anche come fico d'India del Capo o fico d'India di mare.

#carpobrotus edulis #giardinoweb #piantegrasse

[kristo-flowers]

highway ice plant.

#highway ice plant. #flowers #wildflowers #photography #a game of tones #naturist #nature details #Carpobrotus edulis #original photography #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #lensblr #pws #succulent #succulents

[aeolids-zenith]

good thing i've decided not to get embarrassed by things i post online unless they're rude/harmful bc otherwise i would be mortified that people actually saw my venting from last night

#i said this in the replies but again i'm not complaining that people gave it likes i just don't know how it happened #space chirrup #but no one interacted with the ice plant post smh 🙄 #btw i keep getting tempted to call it Carpobrotus even though ice plant is the name i grew up with #and i think it might be because in the context of it being edible i have trouble connecting my previous concept of ice plant to it #(especially since most of the information online does not refer to it as ice plant #bc it's mostly australian bc there are several native species there and they mostly call it pigface #the species here on the us west coast though are from south africa where i think sour fig is a common name?) #space chirp #<- i guess i will put that here for the extra ice plant talk

[philoursmars]

Marseille,  à Montredon, vers le Chemin du Mauvais Pas.

Des carpobrotus, un chat, un drôle de tuyau au milieu des plantains...et un monsieur et son bouledogue au soleil !

#marseille #avenue de la madrague-de-montredon #madrague de moontredon #chemin du mauvais pas #griffe de sorcière #carpobrotus #chat #bouledogue #bouledogue français #plantain #tuyau #mont rose

[adventureswithteddy]

You never know what you’re going to encounter when you head out for an adventure. Teddy came across these carpobrotus succulents along the side of a trail. With his curiosity piqued by the bright flowers there was no other option but come in for a closer assessment. 

#Teddy #Adventures With Teddy #Australia #Hike #succulents #nature #travel #Travel Photography #travel blog #plush #plushie #plushies #plush toy #nature photography #photographers on tumblr #artists on tumblr #original photography on tumblr #flower #pink #growth #curator #curators #original #original content #original post #original photography blog #original photographers

[blogbirdfeather]

Sour Fig - Chorão (Carpobrotus edulis)

Cascais/Portugal (5/04/2024)

[Nikon D850; ∑150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro with Circular Flash Nissin  MF 18; 1/250s; F25; 400 ISO]

#plants #plant photography #herbs #exotic plant #flowers #sour fig

[francescointoppa]

C - Carpobrotus acinaciformis (L.) L. Bolus - Fico degli Ottentotti (Aizoaceae)

#photographers on tumblr #digital image processing #original photographs #flowers #Aizoaceae