Scientific Name:	Delosperma spp.
Pronunciation:	dell-oh-SPUR-muh
Common Name:	hardy ice plant
Family Name:	Aizoaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Succulent or Cacti
Key ID Features:	Low ground cover; leaves succulent; flowers large, daisy-like in June.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Horizontal Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: < 0.1m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Africa Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Landscape Uses: Alpine, Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden Additional Info: Species shown include D. congestum 'Ice Nugget' (yellow flowers, shorter leaves), D. basuticum, and D. cooperi (pink flowers, longer leaves). Compare to Lampranthus spectabilis.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal, Opposite, Whorled Texture/ Venation: Succulent Surfaces: Glabrous, Pubescent Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Truncate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Head-like, Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 11+ Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow, Red, Violet, Orange, Purple, Pink Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul Additional Info: numerous petal-like sepals

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Succulent leaves

Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used Location Map

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