NCCWDB

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum / Common ice plant / 冰菜

  • Introduction
    Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is native to Africa, Sinai and southern Europe, and naturalized in the Southwest of North America,as well as in South America and Australia.It is found on a wide range of soil types, from well-drained sandy soils (including sand dunes), to loamy and clay soils. It can tolerate nutritionally poor or saline soils (halophile), and grows well in disturbed sites such as roadsides, rubbish dumps and homestead yards.
  • Common name: / Common ice plant / 冰菜
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; Caryophyllales; Aizoaceae; Mesembryanthemum; Mesembryanthemum subgen. Cryophytu

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