Carpobrotus Species, Giant Pigface, Sally-My-Handsome, Sour Fig (Carpobrotus acinaciformis)
Los Angeles, California April
in a pot from being moved
Wailea Point Seawalk, Maui, HI
Beautiful flower of this plant - Botanical gardens
Cliffside colony at Folkestone (near Dover), Kent, UK
Though so invasive and therefore bad, it sure adds beauty with such red color to the coastline of Big Sur.
Creeping up the hill to take over and push out the natives. Though so invasive and therefore bad, it sure adds beauty with such red color to the coastline of Big Sur.
Choking out the natives. Though so invasive and therefore bad, it sure adds beauty with such red color to the coastline of Big Sur.
A 'fig' in late July, these are not, at a glance, very discernible from the rest of the plant
A creeping stem, this had rooted into the ground at each stem segment
Part of a sprawling clump next to the sea at Folkestone, Kent.
Carpobrotus acinaciformis in Peñíscola, Spain
Discuss this image
About
Carpobrotus Species, Giant Pigface, Sally-My-Handsome, Sour Fig
Carpobrotus acinaciformis
| Type: | Groundcovers, Perennials |
| Height: | 6-18 in. | 15-45 cm |
| Conditions: | Zone 7-9, Full Sun |