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Distribution
Geogr. District
- Acco Plain (V. Rare)
- Coast of Carmel (V. Rare)
- Sharon Plain (Common)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Differentiating this species from C. edulis: the present species has purple to pink flowers, leaves 15-25 mm diam. and 90 mm long; the flower base not tapering into a pedicel whereas C. edulis has yellow flowers fading to pink,leaves 12mm diam. and 130 mm long; the flower base tapering into a pedicel.
I thank Dr. Michael Avishai for his help in differentiating the two species.
Family
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- chamaephyte
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- stem + leaf succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Leaf arrangement:
- opposite (two leaves per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Mediterranean strand
- Chorotype:
- South African
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- Synanthrop:
- approximately synanthropic = natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Aizoaceae
- Genus:
- Carpobrotus