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Scientific Name: | Delosperma spp. |
Common Name: | hardy ice plant |
Family Name: | Aizoaceae |
Origin: | Africa |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Succulent or Cacti |
Mature Size: | < 0.1m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
Habit: | Horizontal |
Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Whorled, Basal, Succulent, Glabrous, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire |
Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, May-Jun-Jul |
Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Low ground cover; leaves succulent, most 1-4cm long x 0.3-1cm wide; flowers 2.5-7cm wide, daisy-like with many narrow ray florets, May-Jul. |