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Ice Plants
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Ice Plants

Disphyma

Disphyma is a monotypic genus of succulent shrubs. Commonly known as round-leaved pigface, New Zealand iceplant and purple dewplant, it occurs in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Its sole species, Disphyma crassifolium, is divided into two subspecies, D. crassifolium subsp. crassifolium and D. crassifolium subsp. clavellatum.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Purple Dewplant

speciesDisphyma crassifolium

New Zealand Ice Plant

speciesDisphyma australe

Chatham Island Ice Plant

speciesDisphyma papillatum

Disphyma dunsdonii

speciesDisphyma dunsdonii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129733.