Scientific Name: Lampranthus spp.
Common Name: trailing ice plant
Family Name: Aizoaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Indoor plant, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Glabrous, Linear, Obovate, Spatulate, Dentate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves succulent, margins entire to toothed, typically linear to oblong, most cylindrical but may be flattened depending on species; flowers large, daisy-like in June; fruit with seed chambers partially covered by a membrane (unlike Delosperma).